BaseFortify

Publication date: 2025-10-11

Last updated on: 2025-10-14

Assigner: Wordfence

Description

The WPC Smart Wishlist for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.3 via several wishlist AJAX functions due to missing validation on a user controlled key that is exposed when wishlists are shared. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to empty and add to other user's wishlists, if they have access to the key.

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Meta Information

Published

2025-10-11

Last Modified

2025-10-14

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-10-11

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-11518

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
wpc	smart_wishlist	5.0.3

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-639	The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data.

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Executive Summary

The WPC Smart Wishlist for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress has an Insecure Direct Object Reference vulnerability in all versions up to 5.0.3. This occurs because several wishlist AJAX functions do not properly validate a user-controlled key that is exposed when wishlists are shared. As a result, unauthenticated attackers who have access to this key can manipulate other users' wishlists by adding or removing items.

Impact Analysis

This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to modify other users' wishlists by adding or removing products without permission. This can lead to unauthorized changes in user data, potentially causing confusion, loss of user trust, and disruption of the shopping experience on the affected WooCommerce site.

Mitigation Strategies

To mitigate this vulnerability, you should update the WPC Smart Wishlist for WooCommerce plugin to version 5.0.4 or later, as this version includes fixes addressing the insecure direct object reference issue by improving validation and wishlist handling. [2]

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