Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 2.1.2
- Affected Plugin
- NAB Transact
- Affected Version
< 2.1.2- CVSS
- 7.5High
- Weakness type
- CWE-693 · Protection Mechanism Failure
- CVE
CVE-2020-11497
At a glance
CVE-2020-11497 is a high-severity Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability in the NAB Transact WordPress plugin, affecting versions < 2.1.2. It carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high integrity impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 2.1.2; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed August 2020, reported by Jack Misiura.
Vulnerability Overview
An issue was discovered in the NAB Transact extension 2.1.0 for the WooCommerce plugin for WordPress. An online payment system bypass allows orders to be marked as fully paid by assigning an arbitrary bank transaction ID during the payment-details entry step.
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 privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on integrity.
CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure
The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product.
Remediation
Update to version 2.1.2, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
The fix is the thing that ends this: NAB Transact 2.1.2 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Alerts
External References
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