CVE-2025-49352
📋 TL;DR
This CVE describes an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability in the YoOhw Studio Order Cancellation & Returns for WooCommerce WordPress plugin. It allows authenticated users to bypass authorization and access or manipulate order cancellation/return requests belonging to other users by controlling object identifiers. All WordPress sites using the affected plugin versions are impacted.
💻 Affected Systems
- YoOhw Studio Order Cancellation & Returns for WooCommerce
⚠️ 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
An authenticated attacker could view, modify, or delete order cancellation/return requests for any customer, potentially leading to data breach, fraud, or disruption of e-commerce operations.
Likely Case
Low-privileged users (e.g., customers) accessing other users' cancellation/return data, violating privacy and potentially enabling social engineering or harassment.
If Mitigated
Minimal impact if proper access controls and input validation are implemented server-side to verify user ownership of requested objects.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires an authenticated user account (any role). Attack involves manipulating object IDs (e.g., order IDs) in HTTP requests to access unauthorized data.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 1.1.11 or later
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin dashboard. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Order Cancellation & Returns for WooCommerce'. 4. If an update is available, click 'Update Now'. 5. Alternatively, download version 1.1.11+ from WordPress.org and manually update via FTP/SFTP.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Plugin
allTemporarily deactivate the vulnerable plugin to eliminate the attack surface until patching is possible.
wp plugin deactivate wc-order-cancellation-return
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement a Web Application Firewall (WAF) rule to block requests containing manipulated object IDs (e.g., sequential ID patterns) targeting the plugin's endpoints.
- Add server-side access control checks in custom code to verify the current user owns the requested order/cancellation object before processing.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check the plugin version in WordPress admin under Plugins > Installed Plugins. If version is 1.1.10 or earlier (and not n/a), it is vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get wc-order-cancellation-return --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Confirm the plugin version is 1.1.11 or higher after update. Test functionality by logging in as a low-privileged user and attempting to access another user's order cancellation data via ID manipulation; access should be denied.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual access patterns to order/cancellation endpoints with sequential or non-user-owned IDs in WordPress or web server logs.
- 403 Forbidden errors followed by 200 OK for similar requests indicating potential bypass attempts.
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to plugin-specific URLs (e.g., /wp-json/wc-order-cancellation-return/) with manipulated ID parameters from authenticated sessions.
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND (uri_path="/wp-json/wc-order-cancellation-return/*" OR uri_path="/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php") AND (query_parameter="order_id" OR query_parameter="return_id") AND status=200 | stats count by src_ip, user_agent