CVE-2025-14509
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe Lucky Wheel for WooCommerce – Spin a Sale plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Code Injection in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.13. This is due to the plugin using eval() to execute user-supplied input from the 'Conditional Tags' setting without proper validation or sanitization. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to execute arbitrary PHP code on the server. In WordPress multisite installations, this allows Site Administrators to execute arbitrary code, a capability they should not have since plugin/theme file editing is disabled for non-Super Admins in multisite environments.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe Lucky Wheel for WooCommerce plugin uses eval() to execute user-supplied input from the 'Conditional Tags' setting without any validation or sanitization. This allows authenticated administrators (or Site Administrators in multisite) to inject and execute arbitrary PHP code on the server by supplying malicious PHP expressions in this setting.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify Lucky Wheel for WooCommerce plugin is installedCheck the WordPress plugin directory for the 'lucky-wheel-for-woocommerce' folder, or query the wp_options table for the active_plugins optionAffected if Plugin folder exists in /wp-content/plugins/ or appears in active plugin list
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Determine installed plugin versionOpen lucky-wheel-for-woocommerce/lucky-wheel.php and locate the 'Version:' header, or check the plugin metadata via WordPress admin plugins listAffected if Installed version differs from the latest patched version (when available)
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Locate the Conditional Tags settingNavigate to WooCommerce > Lucky Wheel settings in WordPress admin, or query the wp_options table for options named like 'lucky_wheel' or containing 'conditional_tags'Affected if The Conditional Tags field contains any non-empty value
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Identify if eval() processes this settingSearch the plugin source code for 'eval(' calls, specifically in files that handle the Conditional Tags setting or any conditional logic related to itAffected if eval() is present in the code path that processes the Conditional Tags setting value
User is affected if the Lucky Wheel for WooCommerce plugin is installed, uses an unpatched version, and has any value populated in the Conditional Tags setting that gets passed to eval().
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataRemove all eval() usage from the plugin and replace with a safe alternative that does not execute dynamic code. Update to the latest patched version when available, and review administrator access permissions in multisite installations.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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