CVE-2025-54692
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Missing Authorization vulnerability (CVE-2025-54692) was discovered in WP Swings Membership For WooCommerce plugin versions through 2.9.0. The vulnerability was disclosed on August 12, 2025, and affects the access control functionality of the plugin (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Broken Access Control issue with a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.5 (High). The security flaw stems from missing authorization, authentication, or nonce token checks in certain functions, which could allow unprivileged users to execute higher privileged actions. The vulnerability is tracked as CWE-862: Missing Authorization (NVD, Patchstack).

Impact

The vulnerability allows accessing functionality not properly constrained by Access Control Lists (ACLs). This is considered highly dangerous and is expected to become mass exploited. The issue could lead to unauthorized users gaining access to privileged functions within the plugin (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 3.0.0 of the plugin. Users are strongly advised to update to this version immediately. For temporary mitigation, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to block potential attacks until users can update to the fixed version (Patchstack).

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