Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Nov 21, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2025-12170

Description

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.

Affected products

WordPress/Checkboxinferred2 versions
<=2.8.10+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <=2.8.10
- (no CPE)range: <= 2.8.10
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/checkbox

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvd
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/16735e63-d652-4b0e-b454-2bd13368d8a7nvd

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