---
id: CVE-2025-12665
title: >-
  The Ninja Countdown | Fastest Countdown Builder plugin for WordPress is
  vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on
  the 'ninja_countdown_admin_ajax' AJAX endpoint in all versions up to, and
  including, 1.5…
summary: >-
  The Ninja Countdown | Fastest Countdown Builder plugin for WordPress is
  vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on
  the 'ninja_countdown_admin_ajax' AJAX endpoint in all versions up to, and
  including, 1.5…
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: '2025-11-11'
updated: '2026-10-07'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-07T21:10:00.200'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12665'
references:
  - url: 'https://wordpress.org/plugins/ninja-countdown/'
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9b0b6433-5651-4a9d-8356-5d02d51830f4?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00182
epssPercentile: 0.07144
ingestedAt: '2026-10-07T21:54:15.014Z'
---

## Overview

The Ninja Countdown | Fastest Countdown Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'ninja_countdown_admin_ajax' AJAX endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary countdowns.

## Remediation

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