What is CVE-2025-12157?

CVE-2025-12157 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tanvirahmed1984 Simple User Capabilities, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-11-04.

How severe is CVE-2025-12157?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Tanvirahmed1984 Simple User Capabilities

CVE-2025-12157

The Simple User Capabilities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'wp_ajax_nopriv_reset_capability' AJAX endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset any user's capabilities.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.003 (18.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Tanvirahmed1984 Simple User Capabilities — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-12157?: CVE-2025-12157 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tanvirahmed1984 Simple User Capabilities, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-11-04.
How severe is CVE-2025-12157?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.