Private Google Calendars <= 20250811 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Settings Reset
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 Private Google Calendars plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'pgc_remove' action in all versions up to, and including, 20250811. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to reset the plugin's 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-2025-12526
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j4gw-m9wj-xvhh
References
Other 3
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/900294ef-dedb-49d3-b544-eae64399ea03?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/private-google-calendars/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3402625%40private-google-calendars&new=3402625%40private-google-calendars&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
Sources
- CVE-2025-12526 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-12526 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j4gw-m9wj-xvhh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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