CVE-2025-46489
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 vinodvaswani9 Bulk Assign Linked Products For WooCommerce wc-bulk-assign-linked-products allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects Bulk Assign Linked Products For WooCommerce: from n/a through <= 2.1.
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 confidenceThe Bulk Assign Linked Products For WooCommerce plugin lacks proper authorization checks on its admin functionality, allowing authenticated users with low privileges (e.g., shop managers) or potentially unauthenticated attackers to access the bulk product linking features that should be restricted to administrators only.
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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
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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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Verify the plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'Bulk Assign Linked Products For WooCommerce'. Note the installed version number displayed alongside the plugin name.Affected if The plugin is installed and active
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Compare installed version to fixed releaseCheck the plugin's changelog or repository for the version that includes the authorization fix. Compare your installed version against that release.Affected if The installed version is older than the patched version (the exact version depends on when the fix was released)
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Identify user roles with accessNavigate to WordPress Users > All Users and review the roles assigned to each user account. Note which users have 'Shop Manager' or other non-administrator roles.Affected if Non-administrator users (such as shop managers, editors, or authors) exist on the site
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Test bulk linking endpoint accessAs a non-administrator user (e.g., shop manager), attempt to access the plugin's admin pages or submit requests to its AJAX endpoints (typically under /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=bulk_assign_linked_products or similar). Observe if the action completes without a permission error.Affected if Non-admin users can successfully access or execute the plugin's bulk linking features
You are affected if the plugin is installed and non-administrator users can access its admin functionality without receiving a permission denied error.
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 the latest version of the plugin when available. Until then, restrict access to the /wp-admin/ and wp-json endpoints for this plugin to administrator-level users only.
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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-2025-46489 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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