CVE-2025-12170

Checkbox <= 2.8.10 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Log Clearing

5.3 Medium

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: None
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.24%Up 0.2 points since Nov 21, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 5.3

Checkbox <= 2.8.10 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Log Clearing

Record: CVE-2025-12170
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2025-198407 5.3

Record: EUVD-2025-198407
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9j4h-8wwv-xw8q 5.3

The Checkbox plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing...

Record: GHSA-9j4h-8wwv-xw8q
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 5.3

Record: CVE-2025-12170
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

bandido checkbox

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-12170 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Bandido Checkbox, published November 21, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.24%, the 15th percentile. No source names a fixed version.