CVE-2024-12812

WP ERP <= 1.13.3 - Authenticated (Employee+) Insecure Direct Object Reference

2025-03-03 00:00
Pedro Cuco (Illex)

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 1.13.4
Affected Plugin
ERP: Complete HR, Accounting & CRM Suite Built for WooCommerce
Affected Version
<= 1.13.3
CVSS
4.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-639 · Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE
CVE-2024-12812
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At a glance

CVE-2024-12812 is a medium-severity Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in the ERP WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.13.3. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Employee level or above. The issue is fixed in version 1.13.4; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed March 2025, reported by Pedro Cuco (Illex).

Vulnerability Overview

The WP ERP | Complete HR solution with recruitment & job listings | WooCommerce CRM & Accounting plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 1.13.3 via the profile page due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with employee-level access and above, to view terminated employee information.

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.

CWE-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Reaching this weakness in ERP <= 1.13.3 takes an account at Employee level or above. Authorization bypass through a user-controlled key, often called insecure direct object reference, means the application looks up a record by an identifier from the request without checking that the caller owns it.

Changing a number in the request is enough to read or modify other users' records, which on commerce and membership sites means customer data. For ERP the fix is 1.13.4: builds <= 1.13.3 are affected, anything from 1.13.4 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.13.4, 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: ERP 1.13.4 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12812https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f22bb2ec-9d8d-45f6-9a86-cb5099fa301chttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12812

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