Unauthorized Data Access in PostX Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-12980

7.5HIGH

What is CVE-2025-12980?

The PostX plugin for WordPress suffers from a security flaw that allows unauthorized access to sensitive user metadata. This vulnerability arises from a lack of proper capability checks in the '/ultp/v2/get_dynamic_content/' REST API endpoint, present in all versions up to 5.0.3. As a result, unauthenticated attackers can exploit this weakness to access critical information such as password hashes, thereby compromising user account security.

Affected Version(s)

Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks for News, Magazines, Blog Websites – PostX * <= 5.0.3

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Marcin Dudek
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CVE-2025-12980 : Unauthorized Data Access in PostX Plugin for WordPress