---
id: CVE-2025-12891
title: >-
  The Survey Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of
  data due to a missing capability check on the 'ays_survey_show_results' AJAX
  endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.9.4
summary: >-
  The Survey Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of
  data due to a missing capability check on the 'ays_survey_show_results' AJAX
  endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.9.4. This makes it possible
  for…
severity: medium
cvss: 5.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-862
published: '2025-11-13'
updated: '2026-10-07'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-07T21:10:00.200'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12891'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3394078/survey-maker/tags/5.1.9.5/admin/class-survey-maker-admin.php?old=3389474&old_path=survey-maker%2Ftags%2F5.1.9.4%2Fadmin%2Fclass-survey-maker-admin.php
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/835353e7-871d-4daf-9ed4-86321daf2366?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00238
epssPercentile: 0.1366
ingestedAt: '2026-10-07T21:54:15.020Z'
---

## Overview

The Survey Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the 'ays_survey_show_results' AJAX endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.9.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view all survey submissions.

## Remediation

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