CVE-2025-12665 Ninja Countdown <= 1.5.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Countdown Deletion
Authenticated subscribers can delete arbitrary countdowns due to missing capability checks in the Ninja Countdown 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-2025-12665?
CVE-2025-12665 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in lovelightplugins Ninja Countdown | Fastest Countdown Builder, published on 11 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Ninja Countdown | Fastest Countdown Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'ninja_countdown_admin_ajax' AJAX endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary countdowns.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12665?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12665?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12665 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-2025-12665 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12665 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3g22-92jx-c9hc.