FooEvents for WooCommerce <= 1.19.20 - Improper Authorization to (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Upload
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.19.21
- Affected Plugin
- FooEvents for WooCommerce
- Affected Version
<= 1.19.20- CVSS
- 7.1High
- Weakness type
- CWE-285 · Improper Authorization
- CVE
CVE-2024-6000
At a glance
CVE-2024-6000 is a high-severity Improper Authorization vulnerability in the FooEvents for WooCommerce WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.19.20. It carries a CVSS score of 7.1 (reachable over the network; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). The issue is fixed in version 1.19.21; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed June 2024, reported by István Márton.
Vulnerability Overview
The FooEvents for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary file uploads due to an improper capability setting on the 'display_ticket_themes_page' function in versions up to, and including, 1.19.20. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level capabilities or above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible. This was partially patched in 1.19.20, and fully patched in 1.19.21.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.
CWE-285: Improper Authorization
FooEvents for WooCommerce <= 1.19.20 carries this weakness at display_ticket_themes_page, and reaching it takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Improper authorization means a permission check exists but does not cover the case being exercised, so a caller who is allowed to do one thing is allowed to do a neighbouring thing as well.
A lower-privileged account performs an action reserved for a higher one, which on a multi-author or membership site means an ordinary user reaching administrative behaviour. For FooEvents for WooCommerce the fix is 1.19.21: builds <= 1.19.20 are affected, anything from 1.19.21 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.19.21, 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: FooEvents for WooCommerce 1.19.21 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
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External References
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