CVE-2025-4597 Missing authorization in Woo Slider Pro – Drag Drop Slider Builder For WooCommerce
Authenticated subscribers can delete arbitrary posts due to missing capability checks in the Woo Slider Pro plugin.
- 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-2025-4597?
CVE-2025-4597 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in bc2018 Woo Slider Pro – Drag Drop Slider Builder For WooCommerce, published on 30 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Woo Slider Pro – Drag Drop Slider Builder For WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the woo_slide_pro_delete_draft_preview AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.12. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary posts.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-4597?
How do I fix CVE-2025-4597?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-4597 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-2025-4597 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-4597 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xrxr-x757-5v8c.