CVE-2025-12975
Published: 19 February 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-12975 is a high-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability in Wordpress (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 48.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Requiring an access control policy ensures authorization checks are defined and applied for critical functions.
Reviews of access controls detect missing authorization checks on critical functions or resources.
Documenting permitted unauthenticated actions prevents missing authorization by making all exceptions explicit and subject to organizational review.
Requiring attribute association with information prevents authorization from being performed without necessary security or privacy context.
Mandating authorization prior to allowing remote connections addresses missing authorization for remote access.
Mandating authorization before wireless connections are allowed prevents missing authorization for wireless access.
The control requires authorization before allowing mobile device connections, directly mitigating missing authorization for system access.
Requiring approvals for account creation and specifying authorizations ensures authorization is not missing for system access.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Missing authorization in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation via T1190; arbitrary plugin install facilitates web shell deployment for RCE under T1505.003.
NVD Description
The CTX Feed – WooCommerce Product Feed Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary plugin installation due to a missing capability check on the woo_feed_plugin_installing() function in all versions up to, and including, 6.6.11. This makes it possible…
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for authenticated attackers, with Shop Manager-level access and above, to install arbitrary plugins which can be leveraged to achieve remote code execution.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-12975 affects the CTX Feed – WooCommerce Product Feed Manager plugin for WordPress, specifically due to a missing capability check in the woo_feed_plugin_installing() function. This vulnerability allows unauthorized arbitrary plugin installation in all versions up to and including 6.6.11. It has been assigned CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) and a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.2 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H).
Authenticated attackers with Shop Manager-level access or higher can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low complexity and no user interaction required. By calling the vulnerable function, they can install arbitrary plugins, which can then be leveraged to achieve remote code execution on the targeted WordPress site.
Advisories from sources like Wordfence detail the issue and reference a patch in WordPress plugin trac changeset 3417230 for the webappick-product-feed-for-woocommerce repository. Security practitioners should update to a fixed version beyond 6.6.11, as indicated on the plugin's WordPress.org page and related threat intelligence reports.
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