# CVE-2025-13441: Hide Category by User Role for WooCommerce <= 2.3.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Cache Flushing

> Unauthenticated attackers can flush the site's object cache, potentially degrading site performance due to missing authorization checks.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j6gh-26rx-jhj8

## What is CVE-2025-13441?

CVE-2025-13441 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in themesupport Hide Category by User Role for WooCommerce, published on 27 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Hide Category by User Role for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.1. This is due to a missing capability check on the admin_init hook that executes wp_cache_flush(). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to flush the site's object cache via forged requests, potentially degrading site performance.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13441?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-13441?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13441 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-13441 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13441 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-13441 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-13441 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in themesupport Hide Category by User Role for WooCommerce, published on 27 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13441 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: themesupport Hide Category by User Role for WooCommerce. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13441/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13441/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-13441
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13441
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-13441

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13441/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.