CVE-2025-12389 Import Export For WooCommerce <= 1.6.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Settings Update
Authenticated subscribers can modify plugin settings due to missing capability checks in the Import Export For WooCommerce 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-2025-12389?
CVE-2025-12389 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in sidngr Import Export For WooCommerce, published on 4 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Import Export For WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the update_setting() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update the plugin's record setting.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12389?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12389?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12389 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-2025-12389 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12389 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-25qp-vg38-c324.