CVE-2025-12156 Missing authorization in Ai Auto Tool Content Writing Assistant (Gemini Writer, ChatGPT ) All in One
Authenticated subscribers can create and publish arbitrary posts due to missing capability checks in the Ai Auto Tool 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-2025-12156?
CVE-2025-12156 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in aitool Ai Auto Tool Content Writing Assistant (Gemini Writer, ChatGPT ) All in One, published on 4 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Ai Auto Tool Content Writing Assistant (Gemini Writer, ChatGPT ) All in One plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the save_post_data() function in versions 2.0.7 to 2.2.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to create and publish arbitrary posts.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12156?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12156?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12156 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-2025-12156 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12156 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rhxj-9r87-4xrm.