Customer Reviews for WooCommerce <= 5.3.5 - Sensitive Data Exposure

2022-09-22 00:00

Muhammad Daffa

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 5.3.6

Affected PluginCustomer Reviews for WooCommerce

Affected Version<= 5.3.5

CVSS4.3Medium

CVECVE-2022-40194

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Vulnerability Overview

The Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin contains several AJAX actions that are not protected by capability or nonce checks in versions up to, and including, 5.3.5. This allows authenticated users, such as subscribers, to perform actions that should be restricted to administrators, such as exporting sensitive data including unpublished reviews.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 5.3.6, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-285 (Improper Authorization) The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-40194 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/34eaee0f-7a5b-4496-a5c8-5f6c69e24417

CVSS Vector

4.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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