Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-3853

CVE-2025-3853:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The WPshop 2 – E-Commerce plugin for WordPress contains an Insecure Direct Object Reference vulnerability (CVE-2025-3853) affecting versions 2.0.0 to 2.6.0. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on May 6, 2025, and is present in the callbackgenerateapi_key() function due to missing validation on a user-controlled key (NVD, Wiz).

Technical details

The vulnerability exists in the callbackgenerateapi_key() function of the WPshop 2 plugin, where insufficient validation of user-controlled keys allows authenticated users with Subscriber-level access or higher to generate valid API keys for other users. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level privileges or higher to create valid API keys on behalf of other users, potentially leading to unauthorized access to user accounts and their associated functionalities (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should upgrade to a version newer than 2.6.0 when available or implement additional access controls to restrict API key generation capabilities (Wiz).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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