Incorrect Privilege AssignmentWeakness · CWE-266

CVE-2025-48129

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-06-09
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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 · unedited
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Holest Engineering Spreadsheet Price Changer for WooCommerce and WP E-commerce – Light excel-like-price-change-for-woocommerce-and-wp-e-commerce-light allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Spreadsheet Price Changer for WooCommerce and WP E-commerce – Light: from n/a through <= 2.4.37.

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 confidence

An Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in the Spreadsheet Price Changer for WooCommerce plugin allows authenticated users with low-level permissions (such as subscribers or customers) to escalate their privileges to administrator level, likely due to insufficient capability checks on administrative functions within the plugin.

MitigationUpdate the plugin to the latest version as soon as a patch is released; in the interim, restrict access to this plugin by revoking user permissions or disabling the plugin entirely if unauthorized privilege escalation is suspected.

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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
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Verify plugin is installed
    Navigate to WordPress admin > Plugins and confirm 'Spreadsheet Price Changer for WooCommerce' is active, or inspect the wp-content/plugins directory for the plugin folder
    Affected if plugin is installed and active with a vulnerable version
  2. Determine installed plugin version
    In WordPress admin > Plugins > Installed Plugins, find 'Spreadsheet Price Changer for WooCommerce' and read the version number from the plugin description; compare against any known fixed version if publicly available
    Affected if installed version has not been patched for privilege escalation
  3. Check for low-privileged user accounts
    In WordPress admin > Users, review the list for accounts with Subscriber or Customer roles; these roles typically have minimal permissions
    Affected if any subscriber or customer accounts exist in the system
  4. Verify capability enforcement on admin functions
    Inspect the plugin source code (if accessible via file manager or FTP) for functions handling price changes or admin actions; look for missing capability checks like 'manage_options' before executing privileged operations
    Affected if plugin code lacks proper capability checks before performing administrative actions

You are affected if the plugin is installed with a vulnerable version AND low-privileged user accounts (subscriber/customer) exist who could potentially access improperly secured admin functions.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Update the plugin to the latest version as soon as a patch is released; in the interim, restrict access to this plugin by revoking user permissions or disabling the plugin entirely if unauthorized privilege escalation is suspected.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
11.0 hours of engineering $1,930
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