CVE-2025-0956
📋 TL;DR
This CVE describes a PHP object injection vulnerability in the WooCommerce Recover Abandoned Cart WordPress plugin. Unauthenticated attackers can exploit it by manipulating the 'raccookie_guest_email' cookie, but actual impact requires another plugin/theme with a POP chain. All WordPress sites using this plugin up to version 24.3.0 are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- WooCommerce Recover Abandoned Cart WordPress Plugin
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
If combined with a POP chain from another plugin/theme, attackers could achieve remote code execution, delete files, or steal sensitive data.
Likely Case
Most installations will see no impact unless they have vulnerable plugins/themes with exploitable POP chains installed alongside this plugin.
If Mitigated
With proper input validation and secure deserialization, the vulnerability would be prevented entirely.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires finding or creating a suitable POP chain from other installed components, which adds complexity.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Version after 24.3.0
Vendor Advisory: https://codecanyon.net/item/woocommerce-recover-abandoned-cart/7715167
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'WooCommerce Recover Abandoned Cart'. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update available. 5. Alternatively, download latest version from CodeCanyon and manually update.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation Filter
WordPressAdd custom PHP filter to sanitize the raccookie_guest_email cookie before deserialization
Add to theme's functions.php or custom plugin: add_filter('woocommerce_recover_abandoned_cart_cookie_input', 'sanitize_cookie_input'); function sanitize_cookie_input($input) { return filter_var($input, FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING); }
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Disable the WooCommerce Recover Abandoned Cart plugin temporarily
- Implement WAF rules to block requests containing serialized PHP objects in cookies
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin > Plugins > Installed Plugins for 'WooCommerce Recover Abandoned Cart' version 24.3.0 or earlierCheck Version:
wp plugin list --name='woocommerce-recover-abandoned-cart' --field=version (if WP-CLI installed)Verify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is higher than 24.3.0 in WordPress admin plugins page📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual cookie values containing serialized PHP objects in web server logs
- Multiple failed deserialization attempts in PHP error logs
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests with manipulated raccookie_guest_email cookies containing serialized data
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND cookie="*raccookie_guest_email*" AND (cookie="*O:*" OR cookie="*C:*" OR cookie="*a:*")