Advanced Local Pickup for WooCommerce <= 1.5.2 - Missing Authorization
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.5.3
- Affected Plugin
- Zorem Local Pickup for WooCommerce
- Affected Version
<= 1.5.2- CVSS
- 4.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
- CVE
CVE-2022-40702
At a glance
CVE-2022-40702 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Zorem Local Pickup for WooCommerce WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.5.2. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). The root cause is a missing authorization check on a reachable function. The issue is fixed in version 1.5.3; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed March 2023, reported by István Márton.
Vulnerability Overview
The Advanced Local Pickup for WooCommerce for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of AJAX actions due to a missing capability check on the functions wclp_update_state_dropdown_fun, wclp_update_work_hours_list_fun, wclp_update_edit_location_form_fun, and wclp_apply_work_hours_fun in versions up to, and including, 1.5.2. This makes it possible for subscriber-level attackers to invoke these functions and change plugin settings.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user.
CWE-862: Missing Authorization
Reaching this weakness in Zorem Local Pickup for WooCommerce <= 1.5.2 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.
Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For Zorem Local Pickup for WooCommerce the fix is 1.5.3: builds <= 1.5.2 are affected, anything from 1.5.3 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.5.3, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: Zorem Local Pickup for WooCommerce 1.5.3 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
- Alerts
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