CVE-2025-12527 json
Page & Post Notes <= 1.3.4 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Note Update/Deletion
published last yr. modified last mo. also EUVD-2025-38235
- cvss
- 4.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 16%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Page & Post Notes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of notes due to a missing capability check on the 'yydev_notes_save_dashboard_data' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to modify notes.
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- last yr.
Exploit prediction
0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
Affected products
- yydevelopment Page & Post Notes
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
- Technology feeds
References
- wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/93dadc33-cabf-4701-97ca-861ad90597fb?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/page-post-notes/trunk/index.php#L85
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/page-post-notes/trunk/include/insert-to-db.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3389236%40page-post-notes&new=3389236%40page-post-notes&sfp_ema
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-12527
- NVD CVE-2025-12527
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