# CVE-2025-12505: weDocs <= 2.1.14 - Missing Authorization to Settings Update

> Authenticated attackers with Subscriber access can modify global plugin settings due to missing authorization checks in the weDocs WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f833-h7gq-hj7p

## What is CVE-2025-12505?

CVE-2025-12505 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wedevs weDocs: AI Powered Knowledge Base, Docs, Documentation, Wiki & AI Chatbot, published on 6 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The weDocs plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.14. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action in the create_item_permissions_check function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to modify global plugin settings.

Weakness: CWE-285 (Improper Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12505?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-12505?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12505 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-12505 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12505 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-12505 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-12505 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wedevs weDocs: AI Powered Knowledge Base, Docs, Documentation, Wiki & AI Chatbot, published on 6 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12505 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: wedevs weDocs: AI Powered Knowledge Base, Docs, Documentation, Wiki & AI Chatbot. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12505/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12505/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12505
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12505
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-12505

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12505/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.