CVE-2025-3852
📋 TL;DR
The WPshop 2 WordPress plugin allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access or higher to change arbitrary users' passwords, including administrators, leading to account takeover and privilege escalation. This affects WordPress sites running WPshop 2 versions 2.0.0 through 2.6.0. Attackers can gain administrative control of vulnerable WordPress installations.
💻 Affected Systems
- WPshop 2 – E-Commerce plugin for WordPress
⚠️ 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
Complete site compromise where attackers gain administrative access, install backdoors, steal sensitive data, deface the site, or use it for further attacks.
Likely Case
Administrator account takeover leading to unauthorized content changes, plugin/theme installation, or data exfiltration.
If Mitigated
Limited impact if strong access controls, monitoring, and network segmentation are in place to contain the breach.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires authenticated access but is straightforward once an attacker has any valid user account.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 2.6.1 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpshop/tags/2.6.1
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find WPshop 2 plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if available, or manually update to version 2.6.1+. 5. Verify update completes successfully.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable vulnerable plugin
allTemporarily deactivate WPshop 2 plugin until patched.
wp plugin deactivate wpshop
Restrict user registration
allDisable new user registration to prevent attacker account creation.
wp option update users_can_register 0
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict access controls and monitor for suspicious user account changes.
- Use web application firewall rules to block requests to vulnerable API endpoints.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Installed Plugins for WPshop 2 version between 2.0.0 and 2.6.0.Check Version:
wp plugin get wpshop --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Confirm WPshop 2 plugin version is 2.6.1 or higher after update.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual password reset or user profile update events, especially for admin accounts from non-admin users.
- Multiple failed login attempts followed by successful password change.
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to /wp-json/wpshop/v1/user/update or similar API endpoints with user ID parameter changes.
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND (event="password_change" OR event="profile_update") AND user_role="subscriber" AND target_user_role="administrator"🔗 References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpshop/tags/2.6.0//core/external/eo-framework/modules/wpeo-model/class/user.class.php#L132
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpshop/tags/2.6.0//modules/api/action/class-api-action.php#L32
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpshop/tags/2.6.0/core/external/eo-framework/modules/wpeo-model/class/rest.class.php#L41
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/96b8186c-dfe9-4137-b28d-cc09a25aa9ac?source=cve
