CVE-2025-1514 Overview
CVE-2025-1514 affects the Active Products Tables for WooCommerce WordPress plugin in all versions up to and including 1.0.6.7. The vulnerability stems from insufficient access restrictions on the get_smth() function. Unauthenticated attackers can invoke arbitrary WordPress filters with a single parameter through this exposed entry point. The flaw is categorized as improper input validation [CWE-20] and is network-exploitable without authentication or user interaction.
Critical Impact
Remote, unauthenticated attackers can trigger arbitrary WordPress filter hooks, potentially altering plugin behavior, leaking information, or chaining into further attacks on the WordPress site.
Affected Products
- Active Products Tables for WooCommerce (Use constructor to create tables) plugin for WordPress
- All versions up to and including 1.0.6.7
- WordPress sites running WooCommerce with this plugin installed
Discovery Timeline
- 2025-03-26 - CVE-2025-1514 published to NVD
- 2026-04-15 - Last updated in NVD database
Technical Details for CVE-2025-1514
Vulnerability Analysis
The Active Products Tables for WooCommerce plugin exposes the get_smth() function without enforcing capability or nonce checks. WordPress filters are extensibility hooks that allow modification of values across core, themes, and plugins. When a filter can be invoked by an external caller, the attacker controls which hook runs and supplies one argument to it. This converts an internal extension mechanism into an externally reachable execution path. The plugin code in question is referenced in the WordPress Plugin Code Review.
Root Cause
The root cause is missing authorization on the AJAX-reachable handler that routes into get_smth(). The function accepts a filter name from request input and passes it to apply_filters() along with attacker-controlled data. There is no allowlist restricting which filters may be invoked and no permission check confirming the caller is authorized. This is a classic improper input validation defect [CWE-20].
Attack Vector
An unauthenticated attacker sends a crafted HTTP request to the plugin's AJAX endpoint and specifies an arbitrary WordPress filter name along with a single parameter value. The plugin invokes the chosen filter, which may return sensitive data in the response or modify state depending on which hook is selected. The remediation, visible in the WordPress Plugin Changeset History, restricts which filters the handler will call.
No verified public exploit code is available. The vulnerability mechanism is described in the Wordfence Vulnerability Report.
Detection Methods for CVE-2025-1514
Indicators of Compromise
- HTTP POST or GET requests to admin-ajax.php referencing the Active Products Tables for WooCommerce plugin's action handler from unauthenticated sessions
- Request parameters containing WordPress filter names that are not part of the plugin's normal user-facing functionality
- Unusual response sizes or content returned from the plugin's AJAX endpoint to anonymous clients
Detection Strategies
- Inventory WordPress sites and identify any installation of the Active Products Tables for WooCommerce plugin at version 1.0.6.7 or earlier
- Inspect web server access logs for repeated anonymous requests to the plugin's AJAX action with varying filter-name parameters, which suggests probing
- Correlate web traffic with WordPress audit logs to identify filter invocations originating from unauthenticated sessions
Monitoring Recommendations
- Enable a WordPress security plugin or web application firewall (WAF) rule set that flags anonymous calls to plugin AJAX handlers
- Monitor outbound HTTP and database activity from the WordPress host for anomalies following requests to the plugin endpoint
- Alert on changes to WordPress options, transients, or user metadata that occur without an authenticated administrative session
How to Mitigate CVE-2025-1514
Immediate Actions Required
- Update the Active Products Tables for WooCommerce plugin to a version newer than 1.0.6.7 that contains the upstream fix referenced in the plugin changeset
- If a patched version is not yet available for your installation, deactivate and remove the plugin until it can be updated
- Review WordPress audit logs and database state for unexpected modifications since the plugin was installed
Patch Information
The vendor committed a fix in the plugin's trunk repository. Review the WordPress Plugin Changeset History to confirm the patched version and apply the update from the WordPress plugin directory.
Workarounds
- Block unauthenticated requests to the plugin's AJAX action at the WAF or reverse proxy layer until patching is complete
- Restrict access to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php from untrusted networks where feasible, while preserving required public functionality
- Disable the plugin on production WordPress sites that do not actively use the product table feature
# Example WordPress CLI commands to check and update the affected plugin
wp plugin list --name=profit-products-tables-for-woocommerce --fields=name,status,version
wp plugin update profit-products-tables-for-woocommerce
wp plugin deactivate profit-products-tables-for-woocommerce # if no patched version is available
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