CVE-2025-54697
Kadence WooCommerce Email Designer <= 1.5.16 - Authenticated (Shop Manager+) Arbitrary Options Update
highImproper Input Validation
7.2
CVSS Score
7.2
CVSS Score
high
Severity
1.5.17
Patched in
6d
Time to patch
Description
The Kadence WooCommerce Email Designer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to insufficient input validation on the import_woomail() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.16. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Shop Manager-level access and above, to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HAttack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
High
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Technical Details
Affected versions
<=1.5.16PublishedAugust 14, 2025
Last updatedAugust 19, 2025
Affected pluginkadence-woocommerce-email-designer
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