WooCommerce Chained Products < 2.12.0 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Options Update

2023-01-04 00:00

WPScanTeam

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.12.0

Affected PluginWooCommerce Chained Products

Affected Version< 2.12.0

CVSS9.1Critical

CVECVE-2022-4872

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Vulnerability Overview

The WooCommerce Chained Products plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check when updating its settings in versions up to, and including, 2.12.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update arbitrary options that may not belong to the plugin. However, update of options is limited to the value "no".

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.12.0, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4872 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6b839c7d-76fb-465e-9f27-1882cf0099fa

CVSS Vector

9.1

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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