Missing Authorization in Hide Category by User Role for WooCommerce Plugin
CVE-2025-13441

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Hide Category By User Role For WooCommerce
Vendor
CVE Published:
27 November 2025

What is CVE-2025-13441?

The Hide Category by User Role for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress contains a vulnerability that allows unauthenticated users to exploit a missing capability check during the admin initialization process. This can enable malicious actors to flush the site's object cache through crafted requests, which may lead to degraded site performance and potential disruptions in service. All versions up to and including 2.3.1 are affected.

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Affected Version(s)

Hide Category by User Role for WooCommerce * <= 2.3.1

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hide-category-...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hide-category-...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Abhirup Konwar
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