CVE-2025-12826
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-12-04
Last updated on: 2025-12-04
Assigner: Wordfence
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| wordpres | custom_post_type_ui | 1.18.0 |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-862 | The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability in the Custom Post Type UI plugin for WordPress allows authenticated users with subscriber level access or higher to bypass authorization checks. Specifically, the plugin does not verify if the user has the required capability when performing actions in the "cptui_process_post_type" function. As a result, these users can add, edit, or delete custom post types in certain situations, which they normally should not be able to do.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability can impact you by allowing users with low-level access (subscriber or above) to modify custom post types without proper authorization. This could lead to unauthorized changes in your WordPress site's structure or content types, potentially disrupting site functionality, content integrity, or enabling further exploitation.
What immediate steps should I take to mitigate this vulnerability?
Update the Custom Post Type UI plugin to version 1.18.1 or later, which includes added capability checks to prevent unauthorized actions related to this vulnerability. [1]