CVE-2025-13314: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in markutos987 Filter Plus – Product Filter & WordPress Filter
The Product Filtering by Categories, Tags, Price Range for WooCommerce – Filter Plus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.6 due to a missing capability check on the 'filter_save_settings' and 'add_filter_options' AJAX actions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the plugin's settings and create arbitrary filter options.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The Product Filtering by Categories, Tags, Price Range for WooCommerce – Filter Plus plugin for WordPress suffers from a missing capability check on the 'filter_save_settings' and 'add_filter_options' AJAX actions. This lack of authorization validation enables unauthenticated attackers to alter plugin settings and inject arbitrary filter options. The vulnerability is identified as CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) and has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.3, indicating a medium severity level. No official fix or patch has been documented in the provided data.
Potential Impact
An attacker without authentication can modify the plugin's settings and create arbitrary filter options, potentially impacting the integrity of the filtering functionality within WooCommerce stores using this plugin. There is no indication of confidentiality or availability impact. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a patch is available, restrict access to the affected AJAX endpoints if possible, and monitor for unauthorized changes to plugin settings. Avoid exposing the plugin to untrusted users or unauthenticated requests.
CVE-2025-13314: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in markutos987 Filter Plus – Product Filter & WordPress Filter
Description
The Product Filtering by Categories, Tags, Price Range for WooCommerce – Filter Plus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.6 due to a missing capability check on the 'filter_save_settings' and 'add_filter_options' AJAX actions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the plugin's settings and create arbitrary filter options.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The Product Filtering by Categories, Tags, Price Range for WooCommerce – Filter Plus plugin for WordPress suffers from a missing capability check on the 'filter_save_settings' and 'add_filter_options' AJAX actions. This lack of authorization validation enables unauthenticated attackers to alter plugin settings and inject arbitrary filter options. The vulnerability is identified as CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) and has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.3, indicating a medium severity level. No official fix or patch has been documented in the provided data.
Potential Impact
An attacker without authentication can modify the plugin's settings and create arbitrary filter options, potentially impacting the integrity of the filtering functionality within WooCommerce stores using this plugin. There is no indication of confidentiality or availability impact. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a patch is available, restrict access to the affected AJAX endpoints if possible, and monitor for unauthorized changes to plugin settings. Avoid exposing the plugin to untrusted users or unauthenticated requests.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2025-11-17T15:01:06.519Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 693b9182650da22753edbaf7
Added to database: 12/12/2025, 3:52:34 AM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 9:30:26 AM
Last updated: 5/10/2026, 12:22:39 AM
Views: 74
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