ALD Dropping and Fulfillment for AliExpress and WooCommerce <= 1.0.21 - Missing Authorization to Order Information Disclosure
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.0.22
- Affected Version
<= 1.0.21- CVSS
- 6.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
- CVE
CVE pending
At a glance
This record tracks a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the ALD WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.0.21. It carries a CVSS score of 6.3 (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 1.0.22; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed February 2023, reported by Cat.
Vulnerability Overview
The ALD Dropping and Fulfillment for AliExpress and WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data in versions up to, and including, 1.0.21. This is due to missing capability checks on several functions such as the 'update_ali_order_id', 'ob_get_clean', and 'get_ali_order_detail' functions to name a few. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve order information or possibly make (minor) changes to an order.
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
ALD <= 1.0.21 carries this weakness at update_ali_order_id, 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 ALD the fix is 1.0.22: builds <= 1.0.21 are affected, anything from 1.0.22 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.0.22, 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: ALD 1.0.22 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
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