WooODT Lite <= 2.4.6 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Options Update
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 2.4.7
- Affected Plugin
- Delivery Date Time & Pickup for WooCommerce
- Affected Version
<= 2.4.6- CVSS
- 8.8High
- Weakness type
- CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
- CVE
CVE-2023-47179
At a glance
CVE-2023-47179 is a high-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Delivery Date Time & Pickup for WooCommerce WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.4.6. It carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). The root cause is a missing authorization check on a reachable function. The issue is fixed in version 2.4.7; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed October 2023, reported by Abdi Pranata.
Vulnerability Overview
The WooODT Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the byconsolewooodt_admin_fields_setting_files() function hooked via AJAX in versions up to, and including, 2.4.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to modify arbitrary site options which can easily be leveraged for privilege escalation.
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, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.
CWE-862: Missing Authorization
Delivery Date Time & Pickup for WooCommerce <= 2.4.6 carries this weakness at byconsolewooodt_admin_fields_setting_files(), and reaching it 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 Delivery Date Time & Pickup for WooCommerce the fix is 2.4.7: builds <= 2.4.6 are affected, anything from 2.4.7 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 2.4.7, 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: Delivery Date Time & Pickup for WooCommerce 2.4.7 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
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