CVE-2025-3853 Missing authorization in WPshop 2 – E-Commerce
Authenticated subscribers can generate API keys for other users due to missing authorization checks in the WPshop 2 plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-3853?
CVE-2025-3853 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in eoxia WPshop 2 – E-Commerce, published on 7 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WPshop 2 – E-Commerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in versions 2.0.0 to 2.6.0 via the callback_generate_api_key() due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to create valid API keys on behalf of other users.
Weakness: CWE-639
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-3853?
How do I fix CVE-2025-3853?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-3853 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-3853 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-3853 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pvmq-85f5-2wf6.