CVE-2025-12170

Published: Nov 21, 2025Modified: Jun 17, 2026Deferred

5.3

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 1.4

Source: security@wordfence.com (Secondary)

Description

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.

Related CWEs

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

References (2)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3392710%40checkbox&new=3392710%40checkbox&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/16735e63-d652-4b0e-b454-2bd13368d8a7?source=cve

Source: security@wordfence.com

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