CVE-2025-12732 Missing authorization in WP Ultimate CSV Importer – Import CSV, XML & Excel into WordPress
Authenticated attackers with Author-level access can extract sensitive OpenAI API keys due to missing authorization checks in the WP Import 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-2025-12732?
CVE-2025-12732 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in smackcoders WP Ultimate CSV Importer – Import CSV, XML & Excel into WordPress, published on 12 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WP Import – Ultimate CSV XML Importer for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of sensitive information due to a missing authorization check on the showsetting() function in all versions up to, and including, 7.33. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access or higher, to extract sensitive information including OpenAI API keys configured through the plugin's admin interface.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12732?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12732?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12732 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-2025-12732 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12732 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7vx4-9vv7-7745.