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 48.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AC-6 (Least Privilege).
Deeper analysis
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.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-207867
Vulnerability details
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.
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Related Threats
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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.
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Mitigating Controls
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Directly enforces authorization checks on functions such as woo_feed_plugin_installing() so that only properly authorized users can install plugins.
Restricts Shop Manager accounts to the minimum privileges required, preventing them from reaching plugin-installation functions without an explicit capability.
Limits which authenticated roles are permitted to perform software installation or configuration changes that lead to arbitrary plugin deployment.