CVE-2024-43323

ReviewX – Multi-criteria Rating & Reviews for WooCommerce <= 1.6.28 - Insufficient Input Validation

2024-08-16 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 1.6.29
Affected Plugin: ReviewX – Multi-Criteria Reviews for WooCommerce with Google Reviews & Schema
Affected Version: <= 1.6.28
CVSS: 5.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation
CVE: CVE-2024-43323

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At a glance

CVE-2024-43323 is a medium-severity Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the ReviewX WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.6.28. 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 1.6.29; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed August 2024, reported by Manab Jyoti Dowarah.

Vulnerability Overview

The ReviewX – Multi-criteria Rating & Reviews for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to invalid rating in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.28. This is due to insufficient input validation on the $rating value. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to provide ratings with invalid data.

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-20: Improper Input Validation

Reaching this weakness in ReviewX <= 1.6.28 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Improper input validation means the application accepts input without confirming it has the form, type or range the code downstream assumes.

The concrete impact depends on where the unvalidated value lands, which is why records in this class range from cosmetic bugs to full compromise. For ReviewX the fix is 1.6.29: builds <= 1.6.28 are affected, anything from 1.6.29 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.6.29, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to ReviewX: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: ReviewX 1.6.29 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43323 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1c9266b8-cf27-4a55-ae5a-0beda19f0fbf https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43323

Related records

Other vulnerabilities in ReviewX – Multi-Criteria Reviews for WooCommerce with Google Reviews & Schema

CVSS Vector

5.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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