{"id":"CVE-2025-12014","title":"The NGINX Cache Optimizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'nginxcacheoptimizer-blacklist-update' AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.1","summary":"The NGINX Cache Optimizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'nginxcacheoptimizer-blacklist-update' AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.1. This…","severity":"medium","cvss":4.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","cwe":["CWE-862"],"published":"2025-10-24","updated":"2026-10-08","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-08T11:10:00.250","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12014","references":[{"url":"https://wordpress.org/plugins/nginx-cache-optimizer/","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7dd18e4e-9aa6-403e-aec3-21f33d739066?source=cve","label":"security@wordfence.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00201,"epssPercentile":0.0915,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-08T11:31:27.571Z","slug":"CVE-2025-12014","body":"## Overview\n\nThe NGINX Cache Optimizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'nginxcacheoptimizer-blacklist-update' AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to add URLs to the Exclude URLs From Dynamic Caching setting.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":24,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":23.7,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}