Booster for WooCommerce: A security weakness
Booster for WooCommerce is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Booster for WooCommerce
- Plugin slug
booster-for-woocommerce- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Nov 21, 2022
- Weakness
- Not assigned
This CVE was published Nov 21, 2022 and is one of 14 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Booster for WooCommerce 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.
Technical description
The Booster for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 5.6.7, Booster Plus for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 5.6.5, Booster Elite for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 1.1.7 do not validate files to download in some of its modules, which could allow ShopManager and Admin to download arbitrary files from the server even when they are not supposed to be able to (for example in multisite)
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N