MultiVendorX – The Ultimate WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution <= 4.2.4 - Missing Authorization to Forged Vendor Profile Deletion Email Sending

2024-10-23 19:23
Tieu Pham Trong Nhan

Vulnerability Overview

The MultiVendorX – The Ultimate WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'mvx_sent_deactivation_request' function in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to send a canned email to the site's administrator asking to delete the profile of an arbitrary vendor.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 4.2.5, 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

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