---
id: CVE-2025-12621
title: >-
  The Flexible Refund and Return Order for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is
  vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a misconfigured
  capability check on the 'create_refund' function in all versions up to, and
  including, 1.…
summary: >-
  The Flexible Refund and Return Order for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is
  vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a misconfigured
  capability check on the 'create_refund' function in all versions up to, and
  including, 1.…
severity: medium
cvss: 5.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-863
published: '2025-11-08'
updated: '2026-10-07'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-07T21:10:00.200'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12621'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flexible-refund-and-return-order-for-woocommerce/trunk/vendor_prefixed/wpdesk/flexible-refunds-core/src/Integration/Ajax.php#L55
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old=3378649%40flexible-refund-and-return-order-for-woocommerce%2Ftags%2F1.0.42&new=3390898%40flexible-refund-and-return-order-for-woocommerce%2Ftags%2F1.0.43
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8498c671-b46e-420c-a482-7c6983596753?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00254
epssPercentile: 0.15499
ingestedAt: '2026-10-07T21:54:14.990Z'
---

## Overview

The Flexible Refund and Return Order for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a misconfigured capability check on the 'create_refund' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.42. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to update the status of refund requests, including approving and refusing refunds.

## Remediation

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