CVE-2025-12961

The Download Panel plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized settings modification due to a missing capability check on the 'wp_ajax_save_settings' AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.3. This is due to the absence of any capability verification in the `dlpn_save_settings()` function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to arbitrarily modify plugin settings including display text, download links, button colors, and other visual customizations.

CVSS 3.1

4.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 15% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-862

Published

2025-11-18

Modified

2026-10-18

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-panel/tags/1.3.3/plugin.php#L50
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-panel/tags/1.3.3/plugin.php#L51
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e1a1df7e-1a57-45b3-a4b3-cb3218782ad9?source=cve

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