Unauthenticated settings overwrite via unchecked AJAX action
Published Dec 20, 2025 · Updated Dec 20, 2025
Missing authorization in Pure WC Variation Swatches 1.1.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to overwrite plugin settings via AJAX. The tpwvs_update_settings AJAX action accepts POSTed tpwvs_general, tpwvs_shop, and tpwvs_style values and writes them without a capability check. No WordPress session is required, and successful requests alter stored WooCommerce swatch configuration; no confidentiality or availability impact is reported.
Summary
What happened
Missing authorization in Pure WC Variation Swatches 1.1.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to overwrite plugin settings via AJAX. The tpwvs_update_settings AJAX action accepts POSTed tpwvs_general, tpwvs_shop, and tpwvs_style values and writes them without a capability check. No WordPress session is required, and successful requests alter stored WooCommerce swatch configuration; no confidentiality or availability impact is reported.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-12820
- Published
- Dec 20, 2025
- Updated
- Dec 20, 2025
- Vendor
- ThemePure
- Product
- Pure Woo Variations Swatches
- Classifications
- CWE-862, T1565.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 20, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Dec 20, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=1.1.7
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Attacks
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Public exploit references
- WPScan settings-overwrite proof of conceptproof of concept · validated
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