CVE-2025-12879
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe User Generator and Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to and including 1.2.2. This is due to missing nonce validation in the "Import Using CSV File" function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate user privileges by creating arbitrary accounts with administrator privileges via a forged request, provided they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe User Generator and Importer WordPress plugin versions up to 1.2.2 lack nonce validation in the 'Import Using CSV File' function, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge administrative requests by tricking logged-in administrators into clicking malicious links. This CSRF flaw enables arbitrary administrator account creation, providing full site compromise.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm plugin installationNavigate to WordPress admin > Plugins and verify the 'User Generator and Importer' plugin is installed and activeAffected if Plugin is installed and active with version 1.2.2 or lower
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Check installed versionIn Plugins list, look at the version column for 'User Generator and Importer'; or check the plugin main file header for version stringAffected if Version displayed is 1.2.2 or any version up to 1.2.2
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Verify CSV import feature existsLook for 'Import Using CSV File' or CSV import option in the plugin settings or user management section of WordPress adminAffected if CSV import functionality is present and accessible in the plugin
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Inspect request handling for nonce validationUse browser dev tools or proxy to examine the CSV import form submission; check if the HTTP request includes a nonce token parameter (typically _wpnonce or similar)Affected if The import request does not include a valid nonce token, or the server does not validate the nonce before processing the CSV import
You are affected if the User Generator and Importer plugin is installed at version 1.2.2 or below and the CSV import function lacks proper nonce verification, allowing forged admin requests.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataAdd proper nonce verification to the CSV import function and implement anti-CSRF tokens for all state-changing operations; also update to any patched version released by the vendor.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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