CVE-2025-12634 Refund Request for WooCommerce <= 1.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Refund Status Update
Authenticated subscribers can modify refund statuses due to missing capability checks in the Refund Request 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-2025-12634?
CVE-2025-12634 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in sunarc Refund Request for WooCommerce, published on 25 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Refund Request for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'update_refund_status' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update refund statuses to approved or rejected.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12634?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12634?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12634 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-2025-12634 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12634 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v84f-5mrr-763p.