Missing authorization in Projectopia – Project Management Tool
Priority LOW 30CWE-862Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- 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 Projectopia – WordPress Project Management plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the pto_delete_file AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.19. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary attachments.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00364 30th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Projectopia | Projectopia – Project Management Tool | up to 5.1.19 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Projectopia – Project Management Tool VendorProjectopia Affected up to 5.1.19 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-12876
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-45cx-fj69-47wf
References
Other 3
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/940c6a27-05a2-4eca-89ee-b483f88b9524?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/projectopia-core/trunk/includes/functions/general/general_functions.php#L389
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3417635/projectopia-core/trunk/includes/functions/general/general_functions.php
More Projectopia vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-23713 WordPress Projectopia plugin <= 5.1.24 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-36424 WordPress Projectopia plugin <= 5.1.7 - Account Takeover vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-36738 WordPress Projectopia plugin <= 5.1.25.2 - Insecure Direct Object References (IDOR) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-03495 Missing authorization in Projectopia – Project Management Tool CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2025-30583 WordPress Projectopia plugin <= 5.1.17 - Broken Access Control Vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2025-12876 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-12876 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-45cx-fj69-47wf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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