Vulnerability · Published Nov 8, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-12621Flexible Refund and Return Order for WooCommerce <= 1.0.42 - Incorrect Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Refund Status Update
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity incorrect authorization in Flexible Refund and Return Order for WooCommerce from wpdesk. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 20% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| wpdesk | Flexible Refund and Return Order for WooCommerce | 0 – through 1.0.42 |
Weakness: CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8498c671-b46e-420c-a482-7c6983596753?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flexible-refund-and-return-order-for-woocommerce/trunk/vendor_prefixed/wpdesk/flexible-refunds-core/src/Integration/Ajax.php#L55
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old=3378649%40flexible-refund-and-return-order-for-woocommerce%2Ftags%2F1.0.42&new=3390898%40flexible-refund-and-return-order-for-woocommerce%2Ftags%2F1.0.43