CVE-2025-8898 Missing authorization in E-cab Taxi Booking Manager for Woocommerce
Unauthenticated attackers can change arbitrary user email addresses to reset passwords and take over accounts, including administrators, due to missing authorization checks.
- 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-2025-8898?
CVE-2025-8898 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in magepeopleteam E-cab Taxi Booking Manager for Woocommerce, published on 16 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Taxi Booking Manager for Woocommerce | E-cab plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's capabilities prior to updating a plugin setting or their identity prior to updating their details like email address. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user's email addresses, including administrators, and leverage that to reset the user's password and gain access to their account. CVE-2025-54713 is likely a duplicate of this issue.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8898?
How do I fix CVE-2025-8898?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8898 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-2025-8898 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8898 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6mmg-mf85-q9vr.