---
id: CVE-2025-12892
title: >-
  The Survey Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized
  modification of data due to a missing capability check on the
  deactivate_plugin_option() function in all versions up to, and including,
  5.1.9.4
summary: >-
  The Survey Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized
  modification of data due to a missing capability check on the
  deactivate_plugin_option() function in all versions up to, and including,
  5.1.9.4. This makes it possible f…
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-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-2025-12892'
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/6abc7605-2daa-44a9-8f2f-cbaacbea9348?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00224
epssPercentile: 0.11967
ingestedAt: '2026-10-07T21:54:15.019Z'
---

## Overview

The Survey Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the deactivate_plugin_option() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.9.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the ays_survey_maker_upgrade_plugin option.

## Remediation

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