Booster for WooCommerce 7.0.0 - Authenticated (Shop Manager+) Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Options Update

2023-08-01 00:00
Anonymous

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 7.1.0
Affected Plugin
Booster for WooCommerce – PDF Invoices, Abandoned Cart, Variation Swatches & 100+ Tools
Affected Version
7.0.0
CVSS
7.2High
Weakness type
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE
CVE pending
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At a glance

This record tracks a high-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Booster for WooCommerce WordPress plugin, affecting versions 7.0.0. It carries a CVSS score of 7.2 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Shop Manager level or above. The issue is fixed in version 7.1.0; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed August 2023.

Vulnerability Overview

The Booster for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data| due to a missing capability check on the 'manage_options' function in versions up to, and including, 7.0.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Shop Manager privileges to update arbitrary site options.

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-862: Missing Authorization

Booster for WooCommerce 7.0.0 carries this weakness at manage_options, and reaching it takes an account at Shop Manager level or above. 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 Booster for WooCommerce the fix is 7.1.0: builds 7.0.0 are affected, anything from 7.1.0 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 7.1.0, 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: Booster for WooCommerce 7.1.0 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0903bd2b-240f-4791-bfa6-f727d193af4a

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