CVE-2019-5979

Personalized WooCommerce Cart Page <= 2.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

2019-06-19 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 2.5
Affected Plugin: GoHero Store Customizer for WooCommerce
Affected Version: <= 2.4
CVSS: 8.8High
CVE: CVE-2019-5979

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At a glance

CVE-2019-5979 is a high-severity security vulnerability in the GoHero Store Customizer for WooCommerce WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.4. It carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 2.5; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed June 2019, reported by Akira Yamasaki.

Vulnerability Overview

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Personalized WooCommerce Cart Page 2.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators via unspecified vectors.

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. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.

Remediation

Update to version 2.5, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The fix is the thing that ends this: GoHero Store Customizer for WooCommerce 2.5 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5979 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/245e43e0-3391-486d-9ecf-3e745bceaa1f https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5979

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CVSS Vector

8.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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