CVE-2025-12014 NGINX Cache Optimizer <= 1.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Dynamic Caching Exclusion Update
Authenticated subscribers can modify dynamic caching exclusion settings due to missing capability checks in the NGINX Cache Optimizer WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-12014?
CVE-2025-12014 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in getclouder NGINX Cache Optimizer, published on 24 Oct 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The NGINX Cache Optimizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'nginxcacheoptimizer-blacklist-update' AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to add URLs to the Exclude URLs From Dynamic Caching setting.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12014?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12014?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12014 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-12014 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12014 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wfpf-w254-hh56.