---
id: CVE-2025-12527
title: >-
  The Page & Post Notes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized
  modification of notes due to a missing capability check on the
  'yydev_notes_save_dashboard_data' function in all versions up to, and
  including, 1.3.4
summary: >-
  The Page & Post Notes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized
  modification of notes due to a missing capability check on the
  'yydev_notes_save_dashboard_data' function in all versions up to, and
  including, 1.3.4. This makes it…
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: '2025-11-07'
updated: '2026-10-07'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-07T21:10:00.200'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12527'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/page-post-notes/trunk/include/insert-to-db.php
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/page-post-notes/trunk/index.php#L85
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3389236%40page-post-notes&new=3389236%40page-post-notes&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/93dadc33-cabf-4701-97ca-861ad90597fb?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00233
epssPercentile: 0.12987
ingestedAt: '2026-10-07T21:54:14.977Z'
---

## Overview

The Page & Post Notes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of notes due to a missing capability check on the 'yydev_notes_save_dashboard_data' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to modify notes.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.