WooCommerce Customers Manager <= 31.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 31.4
- Affected Plugin
- WooCommerce Customers Manager
- Affected Version
<= 31.3- CVSS
- 8.8High
- Weakness type
- CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
- CVE
CVE-2024-13343
At a glance
CVE-2024-13343 is a high-severity Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in the WooCommerce Customers Manager WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 31.3. It carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Subscriber level or above. The issue is fixed in version 31.4; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed January 2025, reported by Thái An.
Vulnerability Overview
The WooCommerce Customers Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the ajax_assign_new_roles() function in all versions up to, and including, 31.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.
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. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.
CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management
WooCommerce Customers Manager <= 31.3 carries this weakness at ajax_assign_new_roles(), and reaching it takes an account at Subscriber level or above. Improper privilege management means the code lets an account end up with capabilities its role should not have.
It converts a low-privileged account into an administrative one, which makes every other restriction on the site irrelevant. For WooCommerce Customers Manager the fix is 31.4: builds <= 31.3 are affected, anything from 31.4 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 31.4, 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: WooCommerce Customers Manager 31.4 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
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