CVE-2025-12879 Cross-site request forgery in User Generator and Importer
Attackers can trick administrators into creating unauthorized admin accounts via CSRF, leading to privilege escalation and site takeover.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-12879?
CVE-2025-12879 is a high-severity vulnerability in vinoth06 User Generator and Importer, published on 5 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The User Generator and Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to and including 1.2.2. This is due to missing nonce validation in the "Import Using CSV File" function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate user privileges by creating arbitrary accounts with administrator privileges via a forged request, provided they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12879?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12879?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12879 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-12879 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12879 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2jcm-5xf4-f336.