CVE-2025-3852 WPshop 2 – E-Commerce 2.0.0 - 2.6.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover
Authenticated subscribers can escalate privileges by changing arbitrary user passwords, including administrators, due to missing identity validation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-3852?
CVE-2025-3852 is a high-severity vulnerability in eoxia WPshop 2 – E-Commerce, published on 7 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WPshop 2 – E-Commerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in versions 2.0.0 to 2.6.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their details like email & password through the update() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to change arbitrary user's passwords, including administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-3852?
How do I fix CVE-2025-3852?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-3852 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-3852 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-3852 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v38f-7vmx-25h7.