CVE-2025-6744
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Woodmart theme for WordPress contains a critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-6744) that affects all versions up to and including 8.2.3. The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes through the woodmart_get_products_shortcode() function due to improper input validation (NVD CVE).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from insufficient validation in the woodmart_get_products_shortcode() function, which allows execution of arbitrary shortcodes without proper authentication. The issue has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 7.3 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code) (NVD CVE).

Impact

The vulnerability enables unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes on affected WordPress installations. This could potentially lead to unauthorized access to site functionality, data exposure, and possible site manipulation (NVD CVE).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 8.2.4 of the Woodmart theme. Site administrators are strongly advised to update to this version or later immediately. The update specifically addresses the issue that allowed unauthenticated users to execute arbitrary shortcodes via the woodmart_get_products_shortcode() function (Theme Changelog).

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