CVE-2025-23527
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 · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in hemnathmouli WC Wallet wc-wallet allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects WC Wallet: from n/a through <= 2.2.0.
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 · moderate confidenceMissing authorization check in the WC Wallet WordPress plugin allows attackers to access functionality that should be restricted by access control lists, potentially enabling unauthorized wallet operations or data access.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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 WC Wallet plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'WC Wallet' or check the /wp-content/plugins/ directory for a wc-wallet folder. Also check if the plugin is active.Affected if WC Wallet plugin is installed and active on the WordPress site
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Determine installed WC Wallet versionIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins > WC Wallet and view the version number displayed, or check the plugin header in /wp-content/plugins/wc-wallet/wc-wallet.php for the 'Version' field.Affected if Version is older than the fixed version released by the vendor (compare against the version that includes the authorization fix)
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Identify accessible wallet-related endpointsCheck for publicly accessible AJAX actions (wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=wc_wallet_*) or REST API routes (/wp-json/wc-wallet/*) that should require authentication. Use browser developer tools or curl to test access without authentication cookies.Affected if Wallet operations (balance check, transactions, funds transfer) are accessible without being logged in or without proper capability checks
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Review WordPress user role capabilitiesIn WordPress admin, go to Users > Roles or use a role editor plugin to examine what capabilities are assigned to subscriber, customer, and other user roles related to wallet functions.Affected if Lower-privileged roles (like subscriber or guest) have wallet-related capabilities that should be restricted to administrators or shop managers
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Test wallet operations as non-authenticated userUse curl or Burp Suite to send requests to wallet-related AJAX endpoints or REST API routes without providing authentication credentials or valid nonce tokens.Affected if Requests succeed and return wallet data or perform wallet operations without requiring login
The site is affected if WC Wallet plugin is installed and wallet functions are accessible without proper authentication or capability verification, allowing unauthorized users to perform wallet operations.
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 dataUpdate WC Wallet to the latest version once available or apply vendor patch to add proper capability checks and authorization validation before executing sensitive wallet functions.
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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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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-23527 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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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