CVE-2025-68032
📋 TL;DR
This CVE describes a Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Advanced WC Analytics WordPress plugin that allows unauthorized users to change plugin settings. It affects all versions up to and including 3.19.0 of the plugin, potentially impacting any WordPress site using this plugin.
💻 Affected Systems
- Passionate Brains Advanced WC Analytics 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
An attacker could modify analytics settings, potentially disrupting business reporting, injecting malicious code, or altering data collection parameters to compromise site functionality.
Likely Case
Unauthorized users could change plugin configuration settings, affecting analytics data accuracy and potentially exposing sensitive business metrics.
If Mitigated
With proper access controls and authentication requirements, only authorized administrators could modify plugin settings.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires access to WordPress but not necessarily administrative privileges based on the CWE-862 classification.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Versions after 3.19.0
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Advanced WC Analytics' and check for updates. 4. Update to the latest version (above 3.19.0). 5. Verify the update completed successfully.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Temporary Plugin Deactivation
allDisable the plugin until a patch can be applied
wp plugin deactivate advance-wc-analytics
Access Restriction
allRestrict access to WordPress admin panel and plugin settings pages
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict access controls to limit who can access WordPress admin and plugin settings
- Monitor plugin settings changes and implement alerting for unauthorized modifications
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Advanced WC Analytics for version number. If version is 3.19.0 or lower, the system is vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get advance-wc-analytics --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
After updating, verify the plugin version is above 3.19.0 in WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Advanced WC Analytics.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unauthorized access attempts to plugin settings pages
- Unexpected changes to Advanced WC Analytics configuration
Network Indicators:
- Unusual traffic patterns to WordPress admin endpoints
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress" AND (uri_path="/wp-admin/admin.php?page=advance-wc-analytics" OR plugin="advance-wc-analytics") AND user_role!="administrator"