CVE-2025-12361 Missing authorization in Points Management System For Gamification, Ranks, Badges, and Loyalty Rewards Program – myCred
Authenticated attackers can retrieve sensitive user information like emails and IDs via an unprotected AJAX action in the myCred 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-2025-12361?
CVE-2025-12361 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in saadiqbal Points Management System For Gamification, Ranks, Badges, and Loyalty Rewards Program – myCred, published on 19 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The myCred – Points Management System For Gamification, Ranks, Badges, and Loyalty Program plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions up to, and including, 2.9.7.1. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to retrieve sensitive information including user IDs, display names, and email addresses of all users on the site via the get_bank_accounts AJAX action. Passwords are not exposed.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12361?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12361?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12361 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-2025-12361 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12361 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jmcq-v58j-7jjv.