Google for WooCommerce <= 2.8.6 - Information Disclosure via Publicly Accessible PHP Info File
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 2.8.7
- Affected Plugin
- Google for WooCommerce
- Affected Version
<= 2.8.6- CVSS
- 5.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
- CVE
CVE-2024-10486
At a glance
CVE-2024-10486 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Google for WooCommerce WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.8.6. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 2.8.7; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed November 2024, reported by Francesco Carlucci.
Vulnerability Overview
The Google for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Disclosure in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.6. This is due to publicly accessible print_php_information.php file. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve information about Webserver and PHP configuration, which can be used to aid other attacks.
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 privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.
CWE-862: Missing Authorization
Reaching this weakness in Google for WooCommerce <= 2.8.6 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.
Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For Google for WooCommerce the fix is 2.8.7: builds <= 2.8.6 are affected, anything from 2.8.7 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 2.8.7, 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: Google for WooCommerce 2.8.7 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
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