Unauthorized Settings Modification in Download Panel for WordPress
CVE-2025-12961
4.3MEDIUM
Key Information:
- Vendor
WordPress
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 18 November 2025
What is CVE-2025-12961?
The Download Panel plugin for WordPress allows authenticated users with Subscriber-level access or higher to modify plugin settings without proper authorization checks. This vulnerability results from a missing capability verification in the wp_ajax_save_settings AJAX action, which enables attackers to alter crucial elements such as display text, download links, button colors, and other visual customizations.
Affected Version(s)
Download Panel (Biggiko Team) * <= 1.3.3
References
CVSS V3.1
Score:
4.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged
Timeline
Vulnerability published
Vulnerability Reserved
Credit
Ivan Cese