WooSwipe WooCommerce Gallery <= 3.0.2 - Missing Authorization
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 3.0.3
- Affected Plugin
- WooSwipe WooCommerce Gallery
- Affected Version
<= 3.0.2- CVSS
- 5.4Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
- CVE
CVE-2022-45066
At a glance
CVE-2022-45066 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the WooSwipe WooCommerce Gallery WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 3.0.2. It carries a CVSS score of 5.4 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). The root cause is a missing authorization check on a reachable function. The issue is fixed in version 3.0.3; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed November 2022, reported by Tien Nguyen Ahn.
Vulnerability Overview
The WooSwipe WooCommerce Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the update() function called via the admin_menu hook in versions up to, and including, 3.0.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with minimal permissions, such as a subscriber, to update the plugins settings. This can also be exploited via Cross-Site Request Forgery.
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.
CWE-862: Missing Authorization
WooSwipe WooCommerce Gallery <= 3.0.2 carries this weakness at update(), and reaching it 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 WooSwipe WooCommerce Gallery the fix is 3.0.3: builds <= 3.0.2 are affected, anything from 3.0.3 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 3.0.3, 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: WooSwipe WooCommerce Gallery 3.0.3 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
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