CVE-2025-49924
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability allows attackers to escalate privileges in WooCommerce Wholesale Suite, potentially granting unauthorized administrative access. It affects WordPress sites using the Wholesale Suite plugin. Users running vulnerable versions are at risk of account takeover and data compromise.
💻 Affected Systems
- WordPress Wholesale Suite (woocommerce-wholesale-prices)
⚠️ 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
Full site compromise where attackers gain administrative access, install backdoors, steal sensitive customer data, and deface or destroy the website.
Likely Case
Attackers gain elevated privileges to modify orders, access wholesale pricing data, or create new administrative accounts for persistent access.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper access controls, monitoring, and network segmentation preventing lateral movement even if initial escalation occurs.
🎯 Exploit Status
Requires some level of initial access (customer or user account). Privilege escalation from low-privilege to admin is straightforward once initial foothold established.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 2.2.4.3 or later
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Wholesale Suite' and click 'Update Now'. 4. Verify update completes successfully. 5. Clear any caching plugins or CDN caches.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Temporary Plugin Deactivation
allDisable the vulnerable plugin until patching is possible
wp plugin deactivate woocommerce-wholesale-prices
Access Restriction
linuxRestrict admin panel access to trusted IP addresses only
# Add to .htaccess for Apache:
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from 192.168.1.0/24
Allow from 10.0.0.0/8
# Add to nginx config:
location /wp-admin {
allow 192.168.1.0/24;
allow 10.0.0.0/8;
deny all;
}
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict user role management and audit all administrative accounts
- Enable comprehensive logging and monitoring for privilege escalation attempts
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Installed Plugins, find Wholesale Suite and verify version is 2.2.4.2 or earlierCheck Version:
wp plugin get woocommerce-wholesale-prices --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Confirm Wholesale Suite plugin version is 2.2.4.3 or later in WordPress admin panel📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual user role changes in WordPress logs
- Multiple failed login attempts followed by successful admin access
- wp_users table modifications from non-admin accounts
Network Indicators:
- Unusual POST requests to wp-admin/user-edit.php or similar admin endpoints
- Traffic from unexpected locations to admin interfaces
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("user_role_changed" OR "capabilities_modified" OR "promoted_to_admin")