5.3

CVE-2025-12621: wordpress flexible-refund-and-return-order-for-woocommerce Incorrect Authorization

CVSS: 5.3v3.1MediumDeferred
Published 08-11-2025Last modified 08-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-12621 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in wordpress flexible-refund-and-return-order-for-woocommerce. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18.5% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 1.0.43.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.27%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 08-11-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Flexible Refund and Return Order for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a misconfigured capability check on the 'create_refund' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.42. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to update the status of refund requests, including approving and refusing refunds.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

19%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.02 pp

From 0.25% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.27%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Wordpress1 product
  • flexible-refund-and-return-order-for-woocommerce≤ 1.0.42 (fixed in 1.0.43)
Wpdesk1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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