Barcode Scanner with Inventory & Order Manager <= 1.5.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

2024-04-25 00:00

Rafie Muhammad

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.5.4

Affected PluginBarcode Scanner (+Mobile App) – Inventory manager, Order fulfillment system, POS (Point of Sale)

Affected Version<= 1.5.3

CVSS9.8Critical

CVECVE-2024-33567

View all Barcode Scanner (+Mobile App) – Inventory manager, Order fulfillment system, POS (Point of Sale) vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Overview

The Barcode Scanner and Inventory manager. POS (Point of Sale) – scan barcodes & create orders with barcode reader. plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.3. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting user meta values that can be updated. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to an administrator.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.5.4, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management) The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-33567 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dffaf909-72f5-466f-8dd0-d46a81402caf

CVSS Vector

9.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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