📄 Description (English)
The ReviewX – WooCommerce Product Reviews with Multi-Criteria, Reminder Emails, Google Reviews, Schema & More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to improper authorization checks on the userAccessibility() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.10. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to access protected REST API endpoints, extract and modify information related to users and plugin's configuration
🤖 AI Executive Summary
CVE-2025-10736 affects the ReviewX WordPress plugin, allowing unauthenticated attackers to access protected REST API endpoints through improper authorization checks. Attackers can extract and modify sensitive user data and plugin configuration without authentication. With no patch currently available and the vulnerability affecting all versions up to 2.2.10, this poses an immediate risk to e-commerce platforms using this plugin across Saudi Arabia.
📄 Description (Arabic)
🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: May 11, 2026 01:01
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
This vulnerability primarily impacts Saudi e-commerce businesses, particularly those in the retail and online marketplace sectors that rely on WooCommerce for product reviews and ratings. Banking and fintech sectors using WooCommerce for payment processing are at elevated risk due to potential exposure of customer financial data. Government e-commerce initiatives and ARAMCO's digital commerce platforms could be affected. Telecommunications companies offering online services through WooCommerce are also vulnerable. The exposure of user data and configuration information could lead to compliance violations with SAMA's cybersecurity framework and NCA's essential cybersecurity controls.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
E-commerce & Retail
Banking & Financial Services
Government & Public Sector
Energy (ARAMCO digital services)
Telecommunications
Healthcare (online services)
Hospitality & Tourism
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
T1190 - Exploit Public-Facing Application
T1566 - Phishing (via exposed user data)
T1589 - Gather Victim Identity Information
T1592 - Gather Victim Host Information
T1526 - Enumerate External Targets
T1087 - Account Discovery
T1078 - Valid Accounts (unauthorized use)
T1199 - Trusted Relationship (plugin trust)
T1557 - Man-in-the-Middle (data interception)
T1565 - Data Manipulation (configuration modification)
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
7.2
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
IMMEDIATE ACTIONS:
1. Audit all WooCommerce installations using ReviewX plugin versions up to 2.2.10 across your organization
2. Disable the ReviewX plugin immediately if not critical to operations, or restrict REST API access at the web application firewall level
3. Review access logs for suspicious REST API calls to endpoints: /wp-json/reviewx/* and /wp-json/*/reviewx/*
4. Conduct forensic analysis to identify if unauthorized data extraction or modification occurred
COMPENSATING CONTROLS:
5. Implement Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to block unauthenticated access to ReviewX REST API endpoints
6. Apply IP whitelisting to REST API endpoints if possible
7. Implement rate limiting on REST API calls
8. Enable WordPress security plugins with REST API monitoring capabilities
9. Enforce strong authentication mechanisms at the application level
DETECTION RULES:
10. Monitor for POST/GET requests to /wp-json/reviewx/* without valid authentication tokens
11. Alert on unusual data extraction patterns from user endpoints
12. Track configuration modification attempts via REST API
13. Monitor for multiple failed authentication attempts followed by successful unauthenticated API calls
PATCHING:
14. Monitor ReviewX plugin repository for security updates
15. Plan immediate upgrade to patched version once available
16. Consider alternative review plugins with better security posture as interim solution
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
الإجراءات الفورية:
1. تدقيق جميع تثبيتات WooCommerce التي تستخدم مكون ReviewX بإصدارات حتى 2.2.10 عبر مؤسستك
2. تعطيل مكون ReviewX فوراً إذا لم يكن حرجاً للعمليات، أو تقييد وصول REST API على مستوى جدار الحماية
3. مراجعة سجلات الوصول للاتصالات المريبة بنقاط نهاية REST API: /wp-json/reviewx/* و /wp-json/*/reviewx/*
4. إجراء تحليل جنائي للتحقق من استخراج أو تعديل البيانات غير المصرح به
الضوابط التعويضية:
5. تنفيذ قواعد جدار حماية تطبيقات الويب لحظر الوصول غير المصرح به إلى نقاط نهاية ReviewX REST API
6. تطبيق القائمة البيضاء للعناوين على نقاط نهاية REST API إن أمكن
7. تنفيذ تحديد معدل على استدعاءات REST API
8. تفعيل مكونات أمان ووردبريس مع قدرات مراقبة REST API
9. فرض آليات مصادقة قوية على مستوى التطبيق
قواعد الكشف:
10. مراقبة طلبات POST/GET إلى /wp-json/reviewx/* بدون رموز مصادقة صحيحة
11. التنبيه على أنماط استخراج البيانات غير العادية من نقاط نهاية المستخدم
12. تتبع محاولات تعديل الإعدادات عبر REST API
13. مراقبة محاولات المصادقة الفاشلة المتعددة متبوعة بنجاح استدعاءات API غير المصرح بها
التصحيح:
14. مراقبة مستودع مكون ReviewX للتحديثات الأمنية
15. التخطيط للترقية الفورية إلى الإصدار المصحح بمجرد توفره
16. النظر في مكونات المراجعة البديلة ذات موقف الأمان الأفضل كحل مؤقت
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
ECC 2024 - 5.1: Access Control - Improper authorization checks violate access control requirements
ECC 2024 - 5.2: Authentication - Unauthenticated access to protected endpoints violates authentication controls
ECC 2024 - 6.1: Data Protection - Unauthorized access to user data violates data protection requirements
ECC 2024 - 7.1: Monitoring and Logging - Lack of proper API endpoint protection monitoring
🔵 SAMA CSF
Governance & Risk Management - Risk assessment and management of third-party plugin vulnerabilities
Information Security - Access control and authentication mechanisms for sensitive data
Information Security - Data protection and confidentiality of customer information
Operational Resilience - Detection and response to unauthorized access attempts
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
A.5.2: User access management - Improper authorization checks
A.5.3: Access rights - Unauthenticated access to protected resources
A.6.1: Information security policies - Inadequate API security controls
A.8.1: Asset management - Unprotected REST API endpoints
A.9.1: Access control - Lack of proper authentication mechanisms
A.12.4: Logging - Insufficient monitoring of API access
🟣 PCI DSS v4.0.1
Requirement 1.1: Firewall configuration standards - WAF rules needed for API protection
Requirement 6.5.10: Broken access control - Direct object references in REST API
Requirement 7.1: Access control - Principle of least privilege not enforced
Requirement 10.2: Logging and monitoring - API access logging required