Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce <= 5.16.1 - Missing Authorization via multiple AJAX functions
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 5.16.2
- Affected Plugin
- Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce
- Affected Version
<= 5.16.1- CVSS
- 5.4Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
- CVE
CVE-2023-41671
At a glance
CVE-2023-41671 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 5.16.1. It carries a CVSS score of 5.4 (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 5.16.2; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed November 2023, reported by Kévin Mosbahi (Mika).
Vulnerability Overview
The Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data and modification of data due to missing capability checks on multiple AJAX functions in versions up to, and including, 5.16.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to dismiss admin notifications, toggle templates, view abandoned cart details, and preview emails.
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
Reaching this weakness in Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce <= 5.16.1 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 Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce the fix is 5.16.2: builds <= 5.16.1 are affected, anything from 5.16.2 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 5.16.2, 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: Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce 5.16.2 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
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