Survey Maker <= 5.1.9.4 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Limited Option Update
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 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.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-12892
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fww2-m76v-8qvh
References
Other 2
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6abc7605-2daa-44a9-8f2f-cbaacbea9348?source=cve
- 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
More Ays Pro vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-07210 Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking < 2.8.2 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-09325 SQL injection in Survey Maker WordPress Plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-09849 Quiz Maker Business, Developer, and Agency <= (Multiple Versions) - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via id CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2024-07151 AI Assistant with ChatGPT by AYS <= 2.0.9 - Unauthenticated AJAX Calls CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2024-07150 AI Chatbot with ChatGPT by AYS <= 2.0.9 - Unauthenticated OpenAI Key Disclosure CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-05660 Quiz Maker < 6.4.9.5 - Unauthenticated Email Address Disclosure CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2025-12892 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-12892 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fww2-m76v-8qvh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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