CVE-2025-3063 Shopper Approved Reviews 2.0 - 2.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Options Update
Authenticated subscribers can update arbitrary options to escalate privileges to administrator due to missing capability checks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-3063?
CVE-2025-3063 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in shopperapprovedapp Shopper Approved Reviews, published on 2 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Shopper Approved Reviews plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the ajax_callback_update_sa_option() function in versions 2.0 to 2.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-3063?
How do I fix CVE-2025-3063?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-3063 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-3063 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6cgj-2ccj-288g.