CVE-2025-9054 Missing authorization in MultiLoca - WooCommerce Multi Locations Inventory Management
Unauthenticated attackers can update arbitrary WordPress options to enable registration and assign administrator roles, leading to full site compromise.
- 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-2025-9054?
CVE-2025-9054 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in Techspawn MultiLoca - WooCommerce Multi Locations Inventory Management, published on 24 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The MultiLoca - WooCommerce Multi Locations Inventory Management plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the 'wcmlim_settings_ajax_handler' function in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.8. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers 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-2025-9054?
How do I fix CVE-2025-9054?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-9054 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-2025-9054 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9054 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c27f-5hwr-hpfq.