WooCommerce Stock Manager < 1.0.9 - Authorization Bypass
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.0.8
- Affected Plugin
- Stock Manager for WooCommerce
- Affected Version
<= 1.0.7- CVSS
- 8.8High
- Weakness type
- CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
- CVE
CVE pending
At a glance
This record tracks a high-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Stock Manager for WooCommerce WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.0.7. It carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). The issue is fixed in version 1.0.8; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed July 2016.
Vulnerability Overview
The WooCommerce Stock Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the stock_manager_table_variation_td function in versions up to, and including, 1.0.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to edit or delete products.
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
Reaching this weakness in Stock Manager for WooCommerce <= 1.0.7 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. 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 Stock Manager for WooCommerce the fix is 1.0.8: builds <= 1.0.7 are affected, anything from 1.0.8 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.0.8, 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: Stock Manager for WooCommerce 1.0.8 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
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