CVE-2025-11269
📋 TL;DR
The Product Filter by WBW WordPress plugin up to version 3.0.0 has a missing capability check on the 'approveNotice' action, allowing unauthenticated attackers to modify plugin settings. This affects all WordPress sites using vulnerable versions of this plugin. Attackers can change configuration without authentication.
💻 Affected Systems
- Product Filter by WBW 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
Attackers could disable security features, redirect users to malicious sites, or modify product filtering behavior to manipulate e-commerce functionality.
Likely Case
Attackers will modify plugin settings to disrupt functionality, inject malicious content, or degrade site performance.
If Mitigated
With proper web application firewalls and access controls, exploitation attempts would be blocked before reaching the vulnerable endpoint.
🎯 Exploit Status
The vulnerability requires no authentication and involves simple HTTP requests to the vulnerable endpoint.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Versions after 3.0.0
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Product Filter by WBW' and click 'Update Now'. 4. Verify update to version after 3.0.0.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable vulnerable plugin
WordPressTemporarily deactivate the plugin until patched
wp plugin deactivate woo-product-filter
Web Application Firewall rule
allBlock requests to the vulnerable 'approveNotice' endpoint
Block POST requests to */wp-admin/admin-ajax.php* with action=approveNotice
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Remove the plugin entirely if not essential
- Implement strict network access controls to limit who can reach the WordPress admin interface
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin → Plugins → Installed Plugins for 'Product Filter by WBW' version 3.0.0 or earlierCheck Version:
wp plugin get woo-product-filter --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is higher than 3.0.0 in WordPress admin panel📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- POST requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with 'action=approveNotice' parameter from unauthenticated users
- Unusual plugin setting changes in WordPress logs
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to admin-ajax.php with approveNotice action from external IPs
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND "admin-ajax.php" AND "approveNotice" AND NOT (user="authenticated_user")🔗 References
- https://github.com/wpcodefactory/woo-product-filter/commit/313f69908cadc31fa9c1e098ff989dc4f75dfdb5
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3382669%40woo-product-filter&new=3382669%40woo-product-filter&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/03b1d518-0e5d-4c28-af04-52611ad583a8?source=cve
