CVE-2023-25996

Booster Elite for WooCommerce < 8.4.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Option Disclosure

2026-10-12 00:00
Dave Jong

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 8.4.0
Affected Plugin
Booster Elite for WooCommerce
Affected Version
< 8.4.0
CVSS
6.5Medium
Weakness type
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE
CVE-2023-25996
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At a glance

CVE-2023-25996 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Booster Elite for WooCommerce WordPress plugin, affecting versions < 8.4.0. It carries a CVSS score of 6.5 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Subscriber level or above. The issue is fixed in version 8.4.0; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed October 2026, reported by Dave Jong.

Vulnerability Overview

The Booster Elite for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on a function in all versions up to 8.4.0 (exclusive). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to read arbitrary option values.

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. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality.

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Reaching this weakness in Booster Elite for WooCommerce < 8.4.0 takes an account at Subscriber level or above. 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 Booster Elite for WooCommerce the fix is 8.4.0: builds < 8.4.0 are affected, anything from 8.4.0 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 8.4.0, 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: Booster Elite for WooCommerce 8.4.0 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-25996https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/171311a2-637d-4ac2-9b0f-6026bd477199https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25996

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