Waitlist Woocommerce ( Back in stock notifier ) <= 2.6 - Missing Authorization
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 2.6.1
- Affected Plugin
- Waitlist Woocommerce ( Back in stock notifier )
- Affected Version
<= 2.6- CVSS
- 4.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
- CVE
CVE-2024-43134
At a glance
CVE-2024-43134 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Waitlist Woocommerce ( Back in stock notifier ) WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.6. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). The root cause is a missing authorization check on a reachable function. The issue is fixed in version 2.6.1; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed August 2024, reported by Abdi Pranata.
Vulnerability Overview
The Waitlist Woocommerce ( Back in stock notifier ) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the send_email() and remove_row() function in versions up to, and including, 2.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to send emails and remove product rows.
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 interaction from a victim user.
CWE-862: Missing Authorization
Waitlist Woocommerce ( Back in stock notifier ) <= 2.6 carries this weakness at send_email(), and reaching it 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 Waitlist Woocommerce ( Back in stock notifier ) the fix is 2.6.1: builds <= 2.6 are affected, anything from 2.6.1 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 2.6.1, 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: Waitlist Woocommerce ( Back in stock notifier ) 2.6.1 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
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