CVE-2025-12165 Webcake – Landing Page Builder <= 1.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Settings Update
Authenticated subscribers can modify plugin settings due to missing capability checks in the Webcake Landing Page Builder 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-2025-12165?
CVE-2025-12165 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in huyme Webcake – Landing Page Builder, published on 5 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Webcake – Landing Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'webcake_save_config' AJAX endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 1.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to modify the plugin's settings.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12165?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12165?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12165 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-2025-12165 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12165 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xcmm-v5vf-j4qx.