8.8
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2025-3852
Wordpress WPshop E-Commerce Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

The WPshop 2 – E-Commerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in versions 2.0.0 to 2.6.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their details like email & password through the update() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to change arbitrary user's passwords, including administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account.

INFO

Published Date :

May 7, 2025, 3:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

May 7, 2025, 2:13 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-3852 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

No affected product recoded yet

CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
Update the plugin to patch the privilege escalation vulnerability.
  • Update the WPshop E-Commerce plugin to the latest version.
  • Review plugin configurations for security hardening.
  • Monitor for unauthorized account access.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2025-3852 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-3852 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    May. 07, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description The WPshop 2 – E-Commerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in versions 2.0.0 to 2.6.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their details like email & password through the update() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to change arbitrary user's passwords, including administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-269
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpshop/tags/2.6.0//core/external/eo-framework/modules/wpeo-model/class/user.class.php#L132
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpshop/tags/2.6.0//modules/api/action/class-api-action.php#L32
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpshop/tags/2.6.0/core/external/eo-framework/modules/wpeo-model/class/rest.class.php#L41
    Added Reference https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/96b8186c-dfe9-4137-b28d-cc09a25aa9ac?source=cve
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 8.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact