What is CVE-2025-12170?

CVE-2025-12170 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bandido Checkbox, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-11-21.

How severe is CVE-2025-12170?

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

Auth bypass in Bandido Checkbox

CVE-2025-12170

The Checkbox plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'wp_ajax_nopriv_checkbox_clean_log' AJAX endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.10. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to clear log files.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.002 (12.6th 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

Bandido Checkbox — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

security@wordfence.com
security@wordfence.com

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-12170?: CVE-2025-12170 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bandido Checkbox, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-11-21.
How severe is CVE-2025-12170?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.