{"cve":"CVE-2025-12524","nvd":{"published":"2025-11-18T07:15:44.237","modified":"2026-10-18T20:10:00.110","status":"Deferred","description":"The Post Type Switcher plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in versions up to, and including, 4.0.0 due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to modify the post type of arbitrary posts and pages they do not own, including those created by administrators, which can lead to site disruption, broken navigation, and SEO impact.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L","score":5.4},"cwes":["CWE-639"],"references":["https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/639.html","https://owasp.org/API-Security/editions/2023/en/0xa1-broken-object-level-authorization/","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-type-switcher/tags/4.0.0/post-type-switcher.php#L469","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-type-switcher/tags/4.0.0/post-type-switcher.php#L486","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3391983%40post-type-switcher%2Ftrunk&old=3331072%40post-type-switcher%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail="],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:16:02.354564667+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-12524","score":0.00306,"percentile":0.23177,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}