What is CVE-2025-12583?

CVE-2025-12583 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Neofix Simple Downloads List, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2025-11-08.

How severe is CVE-2025-12583?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Neofix Simple Downloads List

CVE-2025-12583

The Simple Downloads List plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'wp_ajax_neofix_sdl_edit' AJAX endpoint along with many others in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to alter many of the plugin's settings/downloads and inject malicious web scripts.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.002 (11.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Neofix Simple Downloads List — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-12583?: CVE-2025-12583 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Neofix Simple Downloads List, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2025-11-08.
How severe is CVE-2025-12583?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.