CVE-2025-14173
📋 TL;DR
The Perfit WooCommerce plugin for WordPress has a missing authorization vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary plugin settings. This affects all WordPress sites using Perfit WooCommerce plugin versions up to and including 1.0.1. Attackers can exploit this via the 'action' parameter without requiring any authentication.
💻 Affected Systems
- Perfit WooCommerce 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 delete critical plugin configuration, disrupting e-commerce functionality and causing service disruption or data loss.
Likely Case
Attackers delete plugin settings, requiring manual reconfiguration and causing temporary service disruption.
If Mitigated
No impact if proper authorization checks are implemented or plugin is updated.
🎯 Exploit Status
Simple HTTP request manipulation required. No authentication needed.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 1.0.2 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://wordpress.org/plugins/perfit-woocommerce/
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find Perfit WooCommerce plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if available. 5. Alternatively, download latest version from WordPress plugin repository and replace files.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Plugin
allTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched.
wp plugin deactivate perfit-woocommerce
Web Application Firewall Rule
allBlock requests to the vulnerable endpoint.
Add WAF rule to block requests containing 'action=logout' parameter to admin pages
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict network access controls to limit admin panel access
- Monitor logs for unauthorized access attempts to plugin settings
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin > Plugins > Installed Plugins for Perfit WooCommerce version 1.0.1 or earlier.Check Version:
wp plugin get perfit-woocommerce --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is 1.0.2 or later in WordPress admin panel.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to admin URLs with 'action=logout' parameter from unauthenticated IPs
- Plugin settings deletion events in WordPress logs
Network Indicators:
- Unusual POST requests to /wp-admin/ URLs from external IPs
- Requests with 'action' parameter manipulation
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND "action=logout" AND NOT user_authenticated=true🔗 References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/perfit-woocommerce/tags/1.0.1/includes/class-wcp-settings-tab.php#L102
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/perfit-woocommerce/trunk/includes/class-wcp-settings-tab.php#L102
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cb141b46-2585-4b58-8d91-0cdb275348a1?source=cve
