CVE-2025-12822 WP Login and Register using JWT <= 3.0.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) API Key Exposure
Authenticated subscribers can generate API keys to access restricted endpoints due to missing capability checks in the WP Login and Register using JWT 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-2025-12822?
CVE-2025-12822 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in cyberlord92 WP Login and Register using JWT, published on 19 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WP Login and Register using JWT plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the 'mo_jwt_generate_new_api_key' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to generate a new API key on site's that do not have an API key configured and subsequently use that to access restricted endpoints.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12822?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12822?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12822 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-2025-12822 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12822 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j56r-3rjm-35f7.