CVE-2025-12881
Return Refund and Exchange For WooCommerce <= 4.5.5 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Order Message Read
The Return Refund and Exchange For WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.5 via the wps_rma_fetch_order_msgs() due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to read other user's order messages.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
5.4
Return Refund and Exchange For WooCommerce <= 4.5.5 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Order Message Read
The Return Refund and Exchange For WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.5 via the wps_rma_fetch_order_msgs() due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to read other user's order messages.
- Record
CVE-2025-12881- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-639
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-198411
5.4
The Return Refund and Exchange For WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.5 via the wps_rma_fetch_order_msgs() due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to read other user's order messages.
- Record
EUVD-2025-198411- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-55rx-5hx2-v6h7
5.4
The Return Refund and Exchange For WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure...
The Return Refund and Exchange For WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.5 via the wps_rma_fetch_order_msgs() due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to read other user's order messages.
- Record
GHSA-55rx-5hx2-v6h7- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-639
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
5.4
The Return Refund and Exchange For WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.5 via the wps_rma_fetch_order_msgs() due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to read other user's order messages.
- Record
CVE-2025-12881- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-639
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-12881 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Wpswings Return Refund And Exchange For Woocommerce, published November 21, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.18%, the 7th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9c159237-1a3a-4d42-9a2e-fbd6ca98f38e?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3394215%40woo-refund-and-exchange-lite&new=3394215%40woo-refund-and-exchange-lite&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12881
github.com/advisories/GHSA-55rx-5hx2-v6h7