WooCommerce Google Feed Manager <= 2.8.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Deletion
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 2.9.0
- Affected Version
<= 2.8.0- CVSS
- 8.8High
- Weakness type
- CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
- CVE
CVE-2024-7258
At a glance
CVE-2024-7258 is a high-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the WPMR Google Feed Manager for WooCommerce WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.8.0. It carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Contributor level or above. The issue is fixed in version 2.9.0; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed August 2024, reported by Lucio Sá.
Vulnerability Overview
The WooCommerce Google Feed Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'wppfm_removeFeedFile' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php).
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
WPMR Google Feed Manager for WooCommerce <= 2.8.0 carries this weakness at wppfm_removeFeedFile, and reaching it takes an account at Contributor 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 WPMR Google Feed Manager for WooCommerce the fix is 2.9.0: builds <= 2.8.0 are affected, anything from 2.9.0 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 2.9.0, 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: WPMR Google Feed Manager for WooCommerce 2.9.0 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
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