# CVE-2025-12903: Missing authorization in Payment Plugins Braintree For WooCommerce

> Unauthenticated attackers can retrieve payment tokens to commit fraud or charge customer credit cards via a missing authorization check in the Braintree WooCommerce plugin.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vjf2-9278-jmj7

## What is CVE-2025-12903?

CVE-2025-12903 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in paymentplugins Payment Plugins Braintree For WooCommerce, published on 12 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Payment Plugins Braintree For WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the wc-braintree/v1/3ds/vaulted_nonce REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.78. This is due to the endpoint being registered with permission_callback set to __return_true and processing user-supplied token IDs without verifying ownership or authentication. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve payment method nonces for any stored payment token in the system, which can be used to create fraudulent transactions, charge customer credit cards, or attach payment methods to other subscriptions.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12903?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-12903?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12903 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-12903 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12903 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-12903 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-12903 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in paymentplugins Payment Plugins Braintree For WooCommerce, published on 12 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12903 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: paymentplugins Payment Plugins Braintree For WooCommerce. 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-2025-12903/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12903/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12903
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12903
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-12903

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12903/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.