Unauthorized Access Vulnerability in WooCommerce Payments Plugin by WooCommerce
CVE-2023-28121

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
WooCommerce Payments WordPress Plugin
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 April 2023

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC🟣 EPSS 91%

Summary

A critical security flaw in the WooCommerce Payments plugin for WordPress (versions 5.6.1 and lower) allows unauthorized attackers to impersonate elevated users, such as administrators. By exploiting this vulnerability, an unauthenticated attacker can bypass security controls and execute functions reserved for admin-level roles. This alarming issue underscores the importance of keeping plugins updated to mitigate risks associated with unchecked access.

Affected Version(s)

WooCommerce Payments WordPress Plugin Fixed version 5.6.2

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-2023-28121
Created by gbrsh

Mass-CVE-2023-28121
Created by im-hanzou

CVE-2023-28121
Created by C04LA

References

https://developer.woocommerce.com/2023/03/23/critical-vul...
https://www.rcesecurity.com/2023/07/patch-diffing-cve-202...

EPSS Score

91% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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