Product Expiry for WooCommerce <= 2.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Plugin Settings Update

2024-01-02 00:00

István Márton

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.6

Affected PluginProduct Expiry for WooCommerce

Affected Version<= 2.5

CVSS5.4Medium

CVECVE-2024-0201

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Vulnerability Overview

The Product Expiry for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'save_settings' function in versions up to, and including, 2.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions or above to update plugin settings. CVE-2023-52179 appears to be a duplicate of this issue.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.6, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0201 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c4006612-770a-482f-a8c2-e62f607914a9

CVSS Vector

5.4

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

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