CVE-2025-12582 Features <= 0.0.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Option Reset
Authenticated subscribers can revert plugin options due to missing capability checks in the Features 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-2025-12582?
CVE-2025-12582 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in klicher Features, published on 5 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Features plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'features_revert_option AJAX endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 0.0.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to revert options.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12582?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12582?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12582 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-2025-12582 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12582 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-99pj-8225-q39g.