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CVE-2025-4101:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The MultiVendorX – WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solutions plugin for WordPress contains a vulnerability (CVE-2025-4101) discovered in all versions up to and including 4.2.22. The vulnerability was disclosed on May 17, 2025, and involves a misconfigured capability check on the 'deletefpmproduct' function that allows unauthorized data deletion (NVD, Wiz).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as an Incorrect Authorization issue (CWE-863) with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 4.3 (MEDIUM) and vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N. The issue exists in the capability check implementation of the 'deletefpmproduct' function, which fails to properly validate user permissions (NVD, Rapid7).
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to delete arbitrary posts, pages, attachments, and products from the WordPress installation. This represents a significant risk to data integrity and content management (Wiz).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability was partially addressed in version 4.2.22 of the plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the risk. Site administrators should also review and restrict user roles and permissions to minimize potential exploitation (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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