CVE-2025-12086 Missing authorization in Return Refund and Exchange For WooCommerce
Authenticated subscribers can delete other users' refund requests due to missing authorization checks in the Return Refund and Exchange 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-2025-12086?
CVE-2025-12086 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wpswings Return Refund and Exchange For WooCommerce, published on 21 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Return Refund and Exchange For WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.5 via the 'wps_rma_cancel_return_request' AJAX endpoint due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete other users refund requests.
Weakness: CWE-639
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12086?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12086?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12086 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-2025-12086 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12086 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2rwg-3hx2-q599.