CVE-2025-12372 The Permalinks Cascade <= 2.2 - Missing Authorization To Authenticated (Subscriber+) Plugin Settings Update
Authenticated subscribers can modify plugin settings due to missing authorization checks in the Permalinks Cascade 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-2025-12372?
CVE-2025-12372 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in _luigi The Permalinks Cascade, published on 18 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Permalinks Cascade plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 2.2. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action in the handleTPCAdminAjaxRequest function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to perform unauthorized administrative actions such as enabling or disabling automatic pinging settings and modifying page exclusion settings.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12372?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12372?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12372 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-2025-12372 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12372 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-82gh-2qf3-7359.