Vulnerability · Published Nov 11, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-12126The Total Book Project <= 1.0 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Contributor+) Book Manipulation
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-severity authorization bypass via user-controlled key in The Total Book Project from ryanmoyer. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 12% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The The Total Book Project plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 1.0 via several functions due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to perform several actions like moving/deleting/creating chapters in books that do not belong to them.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| ryanmoyer | The Total Book Project | 0 – through 1.0 |
Weakness: CWE-639 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e1b473fd-2444-4a54-b558-4656634a6903?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-total-book-project/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3392629%40the-total-book-project&new=3392629%40the-total-book-project