CVE-2025-4597
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 Woo Slider Pro – Drag Drop Slider Builder For WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the woo_slide_pro_delete_draft_preview AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.12. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary posts.
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 Woo Slider Pro WordPress plugin versions up to 1.12 lacks proper capability validation on the woo_slide_pro_delete_draft_preview AJAX action. This allows any authenticated user with Subscriber-level access or higher to send AJAX requests that delete arbitrary posts on the WordPress site, representing a broken access control vulnerability.
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
- 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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Identify if Woo Slider Pro plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'Woo Slider Pro', or check the plugin files in /wp-content/plugins/woo-slider-pro/ for a version file or header commentAffected if The plugin is present on the site
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Determine the installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin_plugins list view, the version is displayed next to the plugin name. Alternatively, open the main plugin PHP file and check the 'Version' header in the plugin comment blockAffected if Version is 1.12 or lower, or the version cannot be determined (older installation)
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Check for authenticated user rolesGo to Users > All Users in WordPress admin and review the Role column, or query the wp_usermeta table for roles like 'subscriber', 'contributor', 'author', 'editor', or 'administrator'Affected if Any user account exists with Subscriber-level access or higher (any role above Subscriber)
The site is affected if Woo Slider Pro version 1.12 or lower is installed AND at least one authenticated user with Subscriber-level access or higher exists on the site.
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.
dbcve · scopedUpdate the plugin to version 1.13 or later which includes proper capability checks on the AJAX action. If no update is available, disable the plugin until a patch is released.
Version 1.13 or later (confirm availability from vendor)
- Check the WordPress plugin repository or contact the plugin vendor to confirm if version 1.13 or later contains the security fix
- If a fixed version is available, navigate to Plugins > All Plugins in the WordPress admin dashboard
- Locate Woo Slider Pro – Drag Drop Slider Builder For WooCommerce
- Click Update Now if an update is available, or deactivate the plugin until an update is available
- Verify the update was applied successfully
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-4597 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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