CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-12170

MediumCVSS 5.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.22%

12th percentile - higher than 12% of all known CVEs

Summary

The Checkbox plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized data loss due to a missing capability check on the 'wp_ajax_nopriv_checkbox_clean_log' AJAX endpoint in all versions up to and including 2.8.10. This allows unauthenticated attackers to clear log files.

Risk Assessment

An attacker without authentication can delete log files, potentially hindering attack detection and compromising data integrity.

Recommendation

Update the Checkbox plugin to the latest available version that includes a security fix.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The Checkbox plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'wp_ajax_nopriv_checkbox_clean_log' AJAX endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.10. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to clear log files.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS