CVE-2025-12014

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Description

The NGINX Cache Optimizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'nginxcacheoptimizer-blacklist-update' AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to add URLs to the Exclude URLs From Dynamic Caching setting.

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7dd18e4e-9aa6-403e-aec3-21f33d739066?source=cve

https://wordpress.org/plugins/nginx-cache-optimizer/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-10-24

Updated: 2025-10-27

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00026