# CVE-2025-25225: Extension - hikashop.com - Privilege escalation vulnerability Hikashop component version 1.0.0 - 5.1.3 for Joomla

> Authenticated administrators can escalate privileges to Super Admin in the Hikashop Joomla component, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 19 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7g59-jc75-3559

## What is CVE-2025-25225?

CVE-2025-25225 is a medium-severity vulnerability in hikashop.com Hikashop component for Joomla, published on 15 Mar 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A privilege escalation vulnerability in the Hikashop component versions 1.0.0-5.1.3 for Joomla allows authenticated attackers (administrator) to escalate their privileges to Super Admin Permissions.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-25225?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hikashop Hikashop.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-25225?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-25225 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-25225 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-25225 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in hikashop.com Hikashop component for Joomla

- [CVE-2023-38044](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38044/): Extension - hikashop.com - SQLi in HikaShop component for Joomla <= 4.7.2 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-22210](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22210/): Extension - hikashop.com - SQL injection in Hikashop component version 3.3.0 - 5.1.4 for Joomla (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2024-40746](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-40746/): Extension - hikashop.com - Stored cross site scripting vulnerability in Hikashop component for Joomla < 5.1.1 (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2015-7344](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-7344/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-25225 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-25225 is a medium-severity vulnerability in hikashop.com Hikashop component for Joomla, published on 15 Mar 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-25225 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: hikashop.com Hikashop component for Joomla. 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-2025-25225/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-25225/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-25225
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-25225
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-25225

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-25225/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.