CVE-2025-12826 (GCVE-0-2025-12826)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-12-04 06:48
Modified
2025-12-05 17:22
Severity ?
4.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CWE
Summary
The Custom Post Type UI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.18.0. This is due to the plugin not verifying that a user has the required capability to perform actions in the "cptui_process_post_type" function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber level access and above, to add, edit, or delete custom post types in limited situations.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
webdevstudios Custom Post Type UI Version: *   ≤ 1.18.0
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