4.7

CVE-2025-12569: unknown guest posting / frontend posting / front editor Open Redirect

CVSS: 4.7v3.1MediumDeferred
Published 24-11-2025Last modified 24-11-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-12569 is a medium (CVSS 4.7) Open Redirect vulnerability in unknown guest posting / frontend posting / front editor. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 5.0.0.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.7/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.20%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 24-11-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 24-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Guest posting / Frontend Posting / Front Editor WordPress plugin before 5.0.0 does not validate a parameter before redirecting the user to its value, leading to an Open Redirect issue

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.20%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

9%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.20% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.20%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (wpscan.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Unknown1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • front-editor≤ 4.9.5 (fixed in 5.0.0)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

2 links