# CVE-2025-14172: Missing authorization in WP Page Permalink Extension

> Authenticated subscribers can flush site rewrite rules due to missing authorization checks in the WP Page Permalink Extension plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Jan 2026
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x2rg-q7qq-q3c7

## What is CVE-2025-14172?

CVE-2025-14172 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in infosatech WP Page Permalink Extension, published on 9 Jan 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The WP Page Permalink Extension plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.4. This is due to missing authorization checks on the `cwpp_trigger_flush_rewrite_rules` function hooked to `wp_ajax_cwpp_trigger_flush_rewrite_rules`. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to flush the site's rewrite rules via the `action` parameter.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14172?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-14172?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14172 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-14172 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14172 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- The WP Page Permalink Extension plugin (<= 1.5.4) allows authenticated users with insufficient privileges to trigger the AJAX action cwpp_trigger_flush_rewrite_rules due to missing authorization checks. (github_poc): https://github.com/RootHarpy/CVE-2025-14172-Nuclei-Template

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-14172 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-14172 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in infosatech WP Page Permalink Extension, published on 9 Jan 2026. 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-2025-14172 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: infosatech WP Page Permalink Extension. 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-2025-14172/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14172/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14172
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14172
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-14172

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14172/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.