# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7vx4-9vv7-7745

## 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 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## 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.

## Is CVE-2025-12732 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12732 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-12732 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12732 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: smackcoders WP Ultimate CSV Importer – Import CSV, XML & Excel into WordPress. 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-2025-12732/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12732/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12732
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12732
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-12732

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12732/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.