CVE-2025-2719
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 Swatchly – WooCommerce Variation Swatches for Products (product attributes: Image swatch, Color swatches, Label swatches) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the ajax_dismiss function in versions 1.2.8 to 1.4.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update option values to 1/true on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update an option that would create an error on the site and deny access to legitimate users or be used to set some values to true, such as registration.
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 Swatchly WordPress plugin versions 1.2.8-1.4.0 lacks a capability check on the ajax_dismiss AJAX function, allowing any authenticated user with Subscriber-level access to modify WordPress options via the function. Attackers can set arbitrary options to true/1, potentially causing denial of service by corrupting site settings or enabling dangerous features like user registration.
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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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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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Check if Swatchly plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'Swatchly' in the list, or check the /wp-content/plugins/ directory for the swatchly folderAffected if The Swatchly plugin folder exists in the WordPress installation
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Determine the installed Swatchly versionIn WordPress admin Plugins list, find Swatchly and note the version number displayed, or check the main plugin file header in /wp-content/plugins/swatchly/swatchly.php for the 'Version' tagAffected if The version is 1.2.8, 1.2.9, 1.3.0, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.3.4, 1.3.5, 1.3.6, 1.3.7, 1.4.0 (any version from 1.2.8 through 1.4.0)
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Verify if Subscriber-level users existIn WordPress admin, go to Users and check for any users with the 'Subscriber' role, or check if user registration is enabled at Settings > General > 'Anyone can register' with default role set to SubscriberAffected if Any Subscriber-level users exist on the site, or anyone can register as a Subscriber
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Confirm the ajax_dismiss function is accessibleInspect the plugin file /wp-content/plugins/swatchly/includes/ajax-dismiss.php (or similar) and verify the function does not include a capability check like 'manage_options' before processing the AJAX requestAffected if The ajax_dismiss AJAX action lacks a capability check and is registered without permission callback verification
A site is affected if the Swatchly plugin versions 1.2.8-1.4.0 are installed AND the ajax_dismiss function is accessible to Subscriber-level users without proper capability verification.
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 to version 1.4.1 or later which patches the missing capability check, or implement a capability check (e.g., manage_options) on the ajax_dismiss function until an update is available.
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