CVE-2025-12892: Survey Maker <= 5.1.9.4 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Limited Option Update

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-11-13 · updated 2026-10-07
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

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.

Affected products

Ays Pro Survey Maker: through 5.1.9.4

References

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
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6abc7605-2daa-44a9-8f2f-cbaacbea9348?source=cve

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