Overview
The CVE-2025-9286 vulnerability specifically affects the Appy Pie Connect for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress. This vulnerability exposes a major security risk, enabling an attacker to escalate privileges and gain administrative access by resetting the password of arbitrary users, including administrators. It is a critical issue as it opens the door for potential system compromise or data leakage, posing a significant threat to any e-commerce platform operating with this plugin.
Vulnerability Summary
CVE ID: CVE-2025-9286
Severity: Critical (9.8 CVSS Score)
Attack Vector: Network
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Impact: System compromise, data leakage
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Product | Affected Versions
Appy Pie Connect for WooCommerce | Versions up to and including 1.1.2
How the Exploit Works
The vulnerability lies within the reset_user_password() REST handler. Due to missing authorization, an unauthenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to this endpoint and manipulate the password reset function. The attacker can then reset the passwords of any user, including administrators, thereby gaining administrative access to the WooCommerce platform.
Conceptual Example Code
An attacker might exploit this vulnerability by sending a POST HTTP request like the following:
POST /wp-json/appy-pie-connect/v1/reset_password HTTP/1.1
Host: target.example.com
Content-Type: application/json
{ "user_id": "admin", "new_password": "new_password" }In this conceptual example, the attacker attempts to reset the password of the “admin” user to “new_password”.
Mitigation Guidance
The best remedy to this vulnerability is to apply the vendor’s patch. Users of the Appy Pie Connect for WooCommerce plugin are urged to update to the latest version as soon as possible. If the patch cannot be applied immediately, use a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) as temporary mitigation. These can help to block or alert on malicious requests targeting the vulnerable endpoint.
