Booster for WooCommerce - Custom Role Creation/Deletion via CSRF
CVE-2022-4016

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Booster For WooCommerce
Booster Plus For WooCommerce
Booster Elite For WooCommerce
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 December 2022

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

What is CVE-2022-4016?

The Booster for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 5.6.7, Booster Plus for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 5.6.6, Booster Elite for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 1.1.8 does not properly check for CSRF when creating and deleting Customer roles, allowing attackers to make logged admins create and delete arbitrary custom roles via CSRF attacks

Affected Version(s)

Booster Elite for WooCommerce 0 < 1.1.8

Booster for WooCommerce 0 < 5.6.7

Booster Plus for WooCommerce 0 < 5.6.6

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2022-4016 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9b77044c-fd3f-4e6f-a759-...
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

WPScan
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CVE-2022-4016 : Booster for WooCommerce - Custom Role Creation/Deletion via CSRF