CVE-2025-12524CWE-639

CVE-2025-12524

Medium · published November 18, 2025

CVSS v3.1
5.4
EPSS
0%
Percentile
22.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The Post Type Switcher plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in versions up to, and including, 4.0.0 due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to modify the post type of arbitrary posts and pages they do not own, including those created by administrators, which can lead to site disruption, broken navigation, and SEO impact.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.4 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00306 · 22.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-639 · Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Published
2025-11-18T12:15Z
References (6)
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/639.html · [email protected]https://owasp.org/API-Security/editions/2023/en/0xa1-broken-object-level-authorization/ · [email protected]https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-type-switcher/tags/4.0.0/post-type-switcher.php#L469 · [email protected]https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-type-switcher/tags/4.0.0/post-type-switcher.php#L486 · [email protected]https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3391983%40post-type-switcher%2Ftrunk&old=3331072%40post-type-switcher%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · [email protected]https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d875514c-c7d3-4236-842b-6e772048448d?source=cve · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 NOV 06:43Z
    Post Type Switcher <= 4.0.0 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Author+) Post Type Change
    cvelistv5