WooCommerce Conditional Marketing Mailer <= 1.5.1 - Improper Authorization

2021-04-22 00:00

Bugbang

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.5.2

Affected PluginWP Maintenance Mode & Site Under Construction

Affected Version< 1.5.2

CVSS8.8High

CVECVE-2021-24190

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Vulnerability Overview

Low privileged users can use the AJAX action 'cp_plugins_do_button_job_later_callback' in the WooCommerce Conditional Marketing Mailer WordPress plugin before 1.5.2, to install any plugin (including a specific version) from the WordPress repository, as well as activate arbitrary plugin from the blog, which helps attackers install vulnerable plugins and could lead to more critical vulnerabilities like RCE.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.5.2, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-285 (Improper Authorization) The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24190 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/37a25fdf-da5d-42bd-a803-afb3787aabf4

CVSS Vector

8.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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