WooCommerce Cloak Affiliate Links <= 1.0.33 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Permalink Modification

2024-03-20 00:00

Francesco Carlucci

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.0.34

Affected PluginCloak Affiliate Links for WooCommerce

Affected Version<= 1.0.33

CVSS7.5High

CVECVE-2024-1308

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Vulnerability Overview

The WooCommerce Cloak Affiliate Links plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'permalink_settings_save' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.33. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the affiliate permalink base, driving traffic to malicious sites via the plugin's affiliate links.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.0.34, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1308 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3c731e39-998e-44d2-8cf9-4d9c39731c5d

CVSS Vector

7.5

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

Base

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

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