Checkout Field Editor <= 1.7.2 - Authenticated (Admin+) PHP Object Injection
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.8.0
- Affected Plugin
- Checkout Field Editor (Checkout Manager) for WooCommerce
- Affected Version
<= 1.7.2- CVSS
- 8.0High
- Weakness type
- CWE-502 · Deserialization of Untrusted Data
- CVE
CVE-2022-3490
At a glance
CVE-2022-3490 is a high-severity Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in the Checkout Field Editor (Checkout Manager) for WooCommerce WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.7.2. It carries a CVSS score of 8.0 (reachable over the network; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Admin level or above. The issue is fixed in version 1.8.0; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed November 2022, reported by Nguyen Duy Quoc Khanh.
Vulnerability Overview
The Checkout Field Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in versions up to, and including, 1.7.2 via deserialization of untrusted input from the 'save_plugin_settings' function and the 'i_settings_data' parameter. This allows administrator-level attackers to inject a PHP Object. No POP chain is present in the vulnerable plugin. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.
CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Checkout Field Editor (Checkout Manager) for WooCommerce <= 1.7.2 carries this weakness at save_plugin_settings, and reaching it takes an account at Admin level or above. Deserialization of untrusted data means the application reconstructs objects from input a caller controls, letting the attacker choose which classes get instantiated and what their properties hold.
A workable chain turns deserialization into file writes, deletions or code execution, depending on what the loaded classes do in their magic methods. For Checkout Field Editor (Checkout Manager) for WooCommerce the fix is 1.8.0: builds <= 1.7.2 are affected, anything from 1.8.0 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.8.0, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
An attacker needs Admin access first, so the firewall sees the attempt as traffic from a logged-in account: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. Classes like this one can leave something behind, so the staged malware scanner is the second half: it looks for dropped files and modified code rather than for the request that created them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Checkout Field Editor (Checkout Manager) for WooCommerce 1.8.0 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
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