CVE-2025-13441: Hide Category by User Role for WooCommerce <= 2.3.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Cache Flushing

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-11-27 · updated 2026-10-18
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Hide Category by User Role for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.1. This is due to a missing capability check on the admin_init hook that executes wp_cache_flush(). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to flush the site's object cache via forged requests, potentially degrading site performance.

Affected products

ThemeSupport Hide Category by User Role for WooCommerce: through 2.3.1

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hide-category-by-user-role-for-woocommerce/tags/2.3.1/admin/admin-ui-setup.php#L165
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hide-category-by-user-role-for-woocommerce/trunk/admin/admin-ui-setup.php#L165
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3402760%40hide-category-by-user-role-for-woocommerce&new=3402760%40hide-category-by-user-role-for-woocommerce&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b05b0f6d-ffa4-40f4-b969-1153192c52d6?source=cve

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