# CVE-2025-12961: Download Panel <= 1.3.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Plugin Settings Modification

> Authenticated subscribers can arbitrarily modify Download Panel plugin settings due to missing capability checks in the AJAX handler.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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:** 18 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6w6x-m5fr-mppc

## What is CVE-2025-12961?

CVE-2025-12961 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in arkadiykilesso Download Panel (Biggiko Team), published on 18 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Download Panel plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized settings modification due to a missing capability check on the 'wp_ajax_save_settings' AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.3. This is due to the absence of any capability verification in the `dlpn_save_settings()` function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to arbitrarily modify plugin settings including display text, download links, button colors, and other visual customizations.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12961?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-12961?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12961 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-12961 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12961 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-12961 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-12961 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in arkadiykilesso Download Panel (Biggiko Team), published on 18 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-2025-12961 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: arkadiykilesso Download Panel (Biggiko Team). 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-2025-12961/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12961/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12961
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12961
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-12961

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12961/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.