CVE-2025-12770 New User Approve <= 3.0.9 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Disclosure via Type Juggling
Unauthenticated attackers can retrieve user PII via type juggling in the Zapier API if the key is unconfigured.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-12770?
CVE-2025-12770 is a medium-severity vulnerability in saadiqbal New User Approve, published on 19 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The New User Approve plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized data disclosure in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.9 due to insufficient API key validation using loose equality comparison. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve personally identifiable information (PII), including usernames and email addresses of users with various approval statuses via the Zapier REST API endpoints, by exploiting PHP type juggling with the api_key parameter set to "0" on sites where the Zapier API key has not been configured.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12770?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12770?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12770 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-12770 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12770 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xhjc-3h89-4qhf.