WPC Smart Linked Products - Upsells & Cross-sells for WooCommerce <= 1.3.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation

2025-04-01 00:00

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Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.3.6

Affected PluginWPC Smart Linked Products – Upsells & Cross-sells for WooCommerce

Affected Version<= 1.3.5

CVSS8.8High

CVECVE-2025-30825

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Vulnerability Overview

The WPC Smart Linked Products – Upsells & Cross-sells for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.5. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting roles. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to elevate their privileges.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.3.6, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment) A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-30825 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5b37bb5f-7a5f-42bc-bd3b-a5213db29beb

CVSS Vector

8.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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