# CVE-2025-12720: g-FFL Cockpit <= 1.7.1 - Improper Authorization to Unauthenticated Product Deletion

> Unauthenticated attackers can delete arbitrary products in the g-FFL Cockpit WordPress plugin due to spoofable IP-based authorization checks.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-ww4x-29m3-355r

## What is CVE-2025-12720?

CVE-2025-12720 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in garidium g-FFL Cockpit, published on 6 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The g-FFL Cockpit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to IP-based authorization that can be spoofed in the handle_enqueue_only() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary products.

Weakness: CWE-285 (Improper Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12720?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-12720?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12720 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-12720 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-12720 exists.

Public exploit code:

- g-FFL Cockpit <= 1.7.1 - Improper Authorization to Unauthenticated Product Deletion (github_poc): https://github.com/d0n601/CVE-2025-12720

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-12720 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-12720 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in garidium g-FFL Cockpit, published on 6 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-12720 exists.

Affected product: garidium g-FFL Cockpit. 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-2025-12720/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12720/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12720
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12720
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-12720

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12720/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.