The WPshop 2 – E-Commerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in versions 2.0.0 to 2.6.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their details like email & password through the update() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to change arbitrary user's passwords, including administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account.
CVE-2025-3852 is a high severity with CVSS 8.8 Privilege Escalation issue affecting the Plugin WPshop 2 – E-Commerce. It affects 2.0.0 through 2.6.0 and is fixed in 2.6.1.
CVE-2025-3852 is tracked for the Plugin WPshop 2 – E-Commerce as high severity with CVSS 8.8. The affected range is 2.0.0 through 2.6.0. Update WPshop 2 – E-Commerce to 2.6.1 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
wpshop
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2025-3852 |
| Patched Versions |
2.6.1
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| Affected Versions |
2.0.0 through 2.6.0
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These internal links group the same WordPress plugin by CVE, issue type, severity, and patch status so operators and search engines can connect the full vulnerability cluster.
WPshop 2 – E-Commerce < 1.3.9.6 - Arbitrary File Upload
WP shop <= 2.6.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary File Upload
shop <= 2.6.1 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion
WPshop 2 – E-Commerce 2.0.0 - 2.6.0 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary User Key Generation
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