Return Refund and Exchange For WooCommerce: A security weakness
Return Refund and Exchange For WooCommerce is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Return Refund and Exchange For WooCommerce
- Plugin slug
return-refund-and-exchange-for-woocommerce- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Nov 21, 2025
This CVE was published Nov 21, 2025 and is one of 3 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Return Refund and Exchange For WooCommerce to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Return Refund and Exchange For WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.5 via the 'wps_rma_cancel_return_request' AJAX endpoint due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete other users refund requests.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N