Overview
An alarming security vulnerability, CVE-2025-47461, has been discovered in mediaticus Subaccounts for WooCommerce. This vulnerability allows Authentication Abuse and poses a significant threat to users and businesses using WooCommerce subaccounts from versions n/a through 1.6.6. The exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to potential system compromises or data leakage, jeopardizing the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of business data and systems.
Vulnerability Summary
CVE ID: CVE-2025-47461
Severity: High (8.8 CVSS Score)
Attack Vector: Network
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Impact: Potential system compromise or data leakage
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Product | Affected Versions
mediaticus Subaccounts for WooCommerce | n/a to 1.6.6
How the Exploit Works
CVE-2025-47461 is an authentication bypass vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by using an alternate path or channel to bypass the authentication process. This allows the attacker to gain unauthorized access to the system or data without needing valid credentials. The attacker can then abuse this access for malicious purposes, including system compromise and data leakage, which means they could steal, alter, or delete data.
Conceptual Example Code
The following is a
conceptual
example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. This could be a sample HTTP request that an attacker might use to bypass authentication and gain unauthorized access to the system.
GET /vulnerable/endpoint HTTP/1.1
Host: target.example.com
Content-Type: application/json
{ "bypass_auth": true }Mitigation Guidance
The vendor has provided a patch to fix this vulnerability. Users are strongly advised to apply this patch to their systems as soon as possible. If applying the patch is not immediately feasible, users can use a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) as a temporary mitigation. However, these measures should only be considered temporary, and the patch should be applied as soon as possible to fully protect systems from this serious vulnerability.