CVE-2025-1562 | Recover WooCommerce Cart Abandonment, Newsletter, Email Marketing, Marketing Automation By FunnelKit <= 3.5.3 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Plugin Installation

The Recover WooCommerce Cart Abandonment, Newsletter, Email Marketing, Marketing Automation By FunnelKit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary plugin installation due to a missing capability check on the install_or_activate_addon_plugins() function and a weak nonce hash in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to install arbitrary plugins on the site that can be leveraged to further infect a vulnerable site.

Published: 2025-06-18 Last update: 2025-07-09 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-1562 is rated High Risk (76/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 19.52%, 95th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +3.45% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-1562

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-14 16.07% 19.52% +3.45%
2 2026-02-08 16.19% 16.07% -0.12%
3 2026-02-02 — 16.19% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-1562

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-1562

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-1562

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
funnelkit funnelkit_automations < 3.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:funnelkit:funnelkit_automations:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2025-1562

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