CVE-2025-9286
Appy Pie Connect for WooCommerce <= 1.1.2 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via reset_user_password
The Appy Pie Connect for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to missing authorization within the reset_user_password() REST handler in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to to reset the password of arbitrary users, including administrators, thereby gaining administrative access.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
9.8
Appy Pie Connect for WooCommerce <= 1.1.2 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via reset_user_password
The Appy Pie Connect for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to missing authorization within the reset_user_password() REST handler in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to to reset the password of arbitrary users, including administrators, thereby gaining administrative access.
- Record
CVE-2025-9286- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-620
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-32529
9.8
The Appy Pie Connect for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to missing authorization within the reset_user_password() REST handler in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to to reset the password of arbitrary users, including administrators, thereby gaining administrative access.
- Record
EUVD-2025-32529- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5hv2-265f-8mm9
9.8
The Appy Pie Connect for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation...
The Appy Pie Connect for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to missing authorization within the reset_user_password() REST handler in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to to reset the password of arbitrary users, including administrators, thereby gaining administrative access.
- Record
GHSA-5hv2-265f-8mm9- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-620
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
9.8
The Appy Pie Connect for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to missing authorization within the reset_user_password() REST handler in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to to reset the password of arbitrary users, including administrators, thereby gaining administrative access.
- Record
CVE-2025-9286- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-620
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | Nxploited/CVE-2025-9286 | 2025-10-03 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-9286 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Hancock11 Appy Pie Connect For Woocommerce, published October 3, 2025. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.47%, the 40th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/36fb5b8d-1ea4-45c2-8639-b229efdb57db?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/appy-pie-connect-for-woocommerce/trunk/connect-woocommerce-rest-api.php
wordpress.org/plugins/appy-pie-connect-for-woocommerce
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3385150
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9286
github.com/advisories/GHSA-5hv2-265f-8mm9