The Permalinks Cascade <= 2.2 - Missing Authorization To Authenticated (Subscriber+) Plugin Settings Update
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Permalinks Cascade plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 2.2. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action in the handleTPCAdminAjaxRequest function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to perform unauthorized administrative actions such as enabling or disabling automatic pinging settings and modifying page exclusion settings.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-12372
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-82gh-2qf3-7359
References
Other 3
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c08d420d-d521-4215-9ef7-b5d1c44a19d3?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/the-permalinks-cascade/tags/2.2/admin/admin-controller.class.php#L109
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/the-permalinks-cascade/tags/2.2/includes/core.class.php#L36
Sources
- CVE-2025-12372 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-12372 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-82gh-2qf3-7359 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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