{"id":37947,"date":"2025-05-13T01:37:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T01:37:01","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-22T00:14:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T06:14:27","slug":"cve-2025-3852-wpshop-2-e-commerce-plugin-privilege-escalation-vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3852-wpshop-2-e-commerce-plugin-privilege-escalation-vulnerability\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-3852: WPshop 2 &#8211; E-Commerce Plugin Privilege Escalation Vulnerability<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cybersecurity landscape is fraught with vulnerabilities that could lead to significant data breaches and system compromises. One such vulnerability, CVE-2025-3852, is present in the WPshop 2 &#8211; E-Commerce plugin for WordPress versions 2.0.0 to 2.6.0. This vulnerability is a serious <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/ameeba.com\"   title=\"threat\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"42656\">threat<\/a> due to its potential to allow an attacker to escalate privileges and take over an account. As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-13418-critical-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-multiple-wordpress-plugins-and-themes\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"42942\">plugin is used widely for e-commerce purposes on WordPress<\/a>, the vulnerability presents a significant risk to numerous businesses and individuals who depend on the platform for their online transactions.<br \/>\nThe vulnerability matters because it could potentially lead to system compromise or <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.ameeba.com\"   title=\"data\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"42655\">data<\/a> leakage, which could be devastating to the affected users. Both personal and financial information could be at stake, and the repercussions of such a breach could be far-reaching, impacting not just individual users, but also businesses and their reputations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-3852<br \/>\nSeverity: High (8.8 CVSS Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low (subscriber-level <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\"   title=\"access\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"42654\">access<\/a>)<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4372-webaudio-heap-corruption-in-google-chrome-a-potential-gateway-to-system-compromise-and-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"43795\">Potential system compromise or data<\/a> leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3029930451\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>WPshop 2 &#8211; E-Commerce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4391-wordpress-echo-rss-feed-post-generator-plugin-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"50855\">Plugin for WordPress<\/a> | 2.0.0 to 2.6.0<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability arises from the plugin&#8217;s failure to properly validate a user&#8217;s <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\"   title=\"identity\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"90969\">identity<\/a> before updating their details through the update() function. An attacker with subscriber-level access or above could exploit this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-37419-critical-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-gtkwave-3-3-115\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"42687\">vulnerability by altering arbitrary<\/a> users&#8217; passwords, including administrators. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43563-coldfusion-improper-access-control-vulnerability-allowing-unauthorized-file-system-read\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"49470\">allows the attacker to access<\/a>, and potentially take over, these accounts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1248770552\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=wpshop_ajax&amp;action2=update HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target-site.com\nContent-Type: application\/x-www-form-urlencoded\nuser_id=target_user_id&amp;email=attacker_email&amp;pass=attacker_pass<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the attacker sends a POST request to the update function, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4558-unverified-password-change-vulnerability-in-gpm-from-wormhole-tech\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"45443\">changing the target user&#8217;s email and password<\/a> to their own. With this, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46739-unauthenticated-brute-force-attack-leads-to-account-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"46415\">attacker would have successfully taken over the target user&#8217;s account<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The cybersecurity landscape is fraught with vulnerabilities that could lead to significant data breaches and system compromises. One such vulnerability, CVE-2025-3852, is present in the WPshop 2 &#8211; E-Commerce plugin for WordPress versions 2.0.0 to 2.6.0. This vulnerability is a serious threat due to its potential to allow an attacker to escalate privileges and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[76],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-37947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-privilege-escalation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37947"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83926,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37947\/revisions\/83926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37947"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=37947"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=37947"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=37947"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=37947"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=37947"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=37947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}