CVE-2025-12980 Missing authorization in Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks for News, Magazines, Blog Websites – PostX
Unauthenticated attackers can retrieve sensitive user metadata, including password hashes, via a REST API endpoint lacking capability checks.
- 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-2025-12980?
CVE-2025-12980 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wpxpo Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks for News, Magazines, Blog Websites – PostX, published on 21 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks for News, Magazines, Blog Websites – PostX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the '/ultp/v2/get_dynamic_content/' REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve sensitive user metadata, including password hashes.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12980?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12980?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12980 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-2025-12980 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12980 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-whf8-7c9w-8vgj.