CVE-2023-34382

Dokan <=3.7.19 - Authenticated(Shop Manager+) PHP Object Injection via create_dummy_vendor

2023-06-07 00:00
Theodoros Malachias

Strategic Overview

At a glance

CVE-2023-34382 is a medium-severity Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in the Dokan: AI Powered WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution WordPress plugin, affecting versions < 3.7.20. It carries a CVSS score of 6.6 (reachable over the network; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Shop Manager level or above. The issue is fixed in version 3.7.20; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed June 2023, reported by Theodoros Malachias.

Vulnerability Overview

The Dokan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in versions up to, and including, 3.7.19 via deserialization of untrusted input via the 'create_dummy_vendor' function called by the 'import' REST API endpoint. This allows authenticated attackers with Shop Manager privileges or above to inject a PHP Object. No POP chain is known to be present in the vulnerable plugin. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.

CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Dokan: AI Powered WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution < 3.7.20 carries this weakness at create_dummy_vendor, and reaching it takes an account at Shop Manager level or above. Deserialization of untrusted data means the application reconstructs objects from input a caller controls, letting the attacker choose which classes get instantiated and what their properties hold.

A workable chain turns deserialization into file writes, deletions or code execution, depending on what the loaded classes do in their magic methods. For Dokan: AI Powered WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution the fix is 3.7.20: builds < 3.7.20 are affected, anything from 3.7.20 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 3.7.20, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

An attacker needs Shop Manager access first, so the firewall sees the attempt as traffic from a logged-in account: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. Classes like this one can leave something behind, so the staged malware scanner is the second half: it looks for dropped files and modified code rather than for the request that created them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Dokan: AI Powered WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution 3.7.20 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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