CVE-2025-50008: WooCommerce Manager Auth Bypass Vulnerability

CVE-2025-50008 Overview

CVE-2025-50008 is a missing authorization vulnerability in the cscode WooCommerce Manager plugin for WordPress, also known as innovs-woo-manager. The plugin advertises itself as a way to customize and control the cart page, add-to-cart button, and checkout fields. Versions from n/a through 1.2.4.5 fail to enforce proper access control checks on protected functionality. Authenticated users with low privileges can invoke actions that should be restricted to administrators. The flaw is tracked as CWE-862: Missing Authorization.

Critical Impact
An authenticated attacker with low privileges can access or modify plugin functionality that should be restricted, resulting in limited integrity and availability impact on affected WooCommerce stores.

Affected Products

WordPress plugin: WooCommerce Manager – Customize and Control Cart page, Add to Cart button, Checkout fields easily (innovs-woo-manager)
All versions up to and including 1.2.4.5
WordPress sites running WooCommerce with the vulnerable plugin installed

Discovery Timeline

2025-06-20 - CVE-2025-50008 published to the National Vulnerability Database
2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database

Technical Details for CVE-2025-50008

Vulnerability Analysis

The plugin exposes one or more actions that lack authorization checks. In WordPress plugin development, sensitive actions should verify user capabilities using current_user_can() and validate requests with nonces via check_admin_referer() or wp_verify_nonce(). When these checks are missing or improperly configured, low-privileged authenticated users (such as subscribers or customers) can invoke administrative functionality intended for shop managers or site administrators.

The attack requires network access and low privileges, with no user interaction. Impact is scoped to the vulnerable plugin's data and configuration, producing limited integrity and availability effects on the WooCommerce store. Confidentiality is not directly impacted.

Root Cause

The root cause is an incorrectly configured access control mechanism [CWE-862]. Handler functions registered by the plugin do not verify that the caller holds the required WooCommerce or WordPress capability before performing the requested action. As a result, any authenticated session is sufficient to reach code paths that should be gated behind administrator-level permission checks.

Attack Vector

An attacker registers or uses an existing low-privileged account on a WordPress site where the vulnerable plugin is installed. The attacker then issues an HTTP request to a plugin endpoint, typically admin-ajax.php or a REST route registered by the plugin. Because the handler does not verify user capabilities, the request is processed and the underlying action executes. Refer to the Patchstack advisory for endpoint-level technical details.

Detection Methods for CVE-2025-50008

Indicators of Compromise

Unexpected modifications to WooCommerce cart, checkout, or add-to-cart plugin settings without a corresponding administrator session
HTTP POST requests to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with plugin-specific action parameters originating from subscriber or customer accounts
New or altered plugin configuration entries in the wp_options table with recent timestamps

Detection Strategies

Inventory WordPress installations and identify sites running innovs-woo-manager at version 1.2.4.5 or earlier
Review web server access logs for authenticated requests to plugin AJAX or REST endpoints from non-administrator user IDs
Correlate WooCommerce audit logs with WordPress user roles to spot low-privileged accounts triggering administrative actions

Monitoring Recommendations

Enable a WordPress activity logging plugin to capture user role, action, and endpoint metadata
Alert on 200-response requests to plugin endpoints originating from accounts without manage_woocommerce or manage_options capabilities
Monitor for privilege changes, new administrator accounts, and unauthorized modifications to checkout field configuration

How to Mitigate CVE-2025-50008

Immediate Actions Required

Identify all WordPress sites running the innovs-woo-manager plugin and confirm the installed version
Deactivate the plugin on any site running version 1.2.4.5 or earlier until a fixed release is applied
Restrict registration of new low-privileged accounts on affected sites where feasible
Review recent plugin configuration changes and WooCommerce settings for unauthorized modifications

Patch Information

At the time of the last NVD update, no fixed version is listed in the advisory. The Patchstack report indicates the vulnerability affects all versions through 1.2.4.5. Site operators should monitor the Patchstack advisory and the plugin's WordPress.org listing for a patched release and upgrade immediately when available.

Workarounds

Deactivate and remove the innovs-woo-manager plugin until a patched version is released
Deploy a Web Application Firewall (WAF) rule to block requests to the vulnerable plugin endpoints from non-administrator sessions
Enforce least-privilege on WooCommerce accounts and audit existing users for unnecessary elevated capabilities

bash

# Configuration example: disable the vulnerable plugin via WP-CLI
wp plugin deactivate innovs-woo-manager
wp plugin status innovs-woo-manager