CVE-2025-54697
WordPress Kadence WooCommerce Email Designer Plugin <= 1.5.16 - Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in StellarWP Kadence WooCommerce Email Designer kadence-woocommerce-email-designer allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Kadence WooCommerce Email Designer: from n/a through <= 1.5.16.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
7.2
WordPress Kadence WooCommerce Email Designer Plugin <= 1.5.16 - Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in StellarWP Kadence WooCommerce Email Designer kadence-woocommerce-email-designer allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Kadence WooCommerce Email Designer: from n/a through <= 1.5.16.
- Record
CVE-2025-54697- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-266
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-24697
7.2
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in StellarWP Kadence WooCommerce Email Designer kadence-woocommerce-email-designer allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Kadence WooCommerce Email Designer: from n/a through <= 1.5.16.
- Record
EUVD-2025-24697- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pmm5-qg55-f45m
7.2
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Ben Ritner - Kadence WP Kadence WooCommerce Email...
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Ben Ritner - Kadence WP Kadence WooCommerce Email Designer allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects Kadence WooCommerce Email Designer: from n/a through 1.5.16.
- Record
GHSA-pmm5-qg55-f45m- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-266
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
7.2
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in StellarWP Kadence WooCommerce Email Designer kadence-woocommerce-email-designer allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Kadence WooCommerce Email Designer: from n/a through <= 1.5.16.
- Record
CVE-2025-54697- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-266
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-54697 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Stellarwp Kadence Woocommerce Email Designer, published August 14, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.44%, the 38th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/kadence-woocommerce-email-designer/vulnerability/wordpress-kadence-woocommerce-email-designer-plugin-1-5-16-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54697
patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/kadence-woocommerce-email-designer/vulnerability/wordpress-kadence-woocommerce-email-designer-plugin-1-5-16-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
github.com/advisories/GHSA-pmm5-qg55-f45m