WordPress security changelog
HIGH CVE-2020-12070 Modified

Advanced Woo Search: Sensitive information exposure

Advanced Woo Search is affected by sensitive information exposure. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Successful exploitation can disclose data that should not be available to the caller.

CVE / CNA score 7.5 CVSS · cve@mitre.org
NVD score 7.5 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Advanced Woo Search
Plugin slug
advanced-woo-search
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Apr 24, 2020
Weakness
CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

This CVE was published Apr 24, 2020 and is one of 4 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Advanced Woo Search to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Source record

Technical description

The Advanced Woo Search plugin version through 1.99 for Wordpress suffers from a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability in every ajax search request via the sql field to includes/class-aws-search.php.

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

References

Primary and upstream sources