CVE-2025-12091 Missing authorization in Search, Filters & Merchandising for WooCommerce
Authenticated subscribers can deactivate the Search, Filters & Merchandising for WooCommerce plugin due to missing capability checks.
- 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-2025-12091?
CVE-2025-12091 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in instantsearchplus Search, Filters & Merchandising for WooCommerce, published on 6 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Search, Filters & Merchandising for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'wcis_save_email' endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.67. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to deactivate the plugin.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12091?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12091?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12091 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-2025-12091 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12091 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m3rp-5j27-g55m.