Auth bypass in Luigi The Permalinks Cascade
CVE-2025-12372
The Permalinks Cascade plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 2.2. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action in the handleTPCAdminAjaxRequest function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to perform unauthorized administrative actions such as enabling or disabling automatic pinging settings and modifying page exclusion settings.
Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control
EPSS: 0.002 (12.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- _Luigi The Permalinks Cascade — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-12372?
- CVE-2025-12372 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Luigi The Permalinks Cascade, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-11-18.
- How severe is CVE-2025-12372?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.