MultiVendorX – The Ultimate WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution: Privilege escalation or authentication bypass
MultiVendorX – The Ultimate WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution is affected by privilege escalation or authentication bypass. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. A successful request can grant permissions or access that the caller should not possess.
- Component
- MultiVendorX – The Ultimate WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution
- Plugin slug
dc-woocommerce-multi-vendor- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Sep 04, 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Sep 04, 2024 and is one of 16 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update MultiVendorX – The Ultimate WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution 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 MultiVendorX – The Ultimate WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation/de-escalation and account takeover due to an insufficient capability check on the update_item_permissions_check and create_item_permissions_check functions in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the password of any user with the vendor role, create new users with the vendor role, and demote other users like administrators to the vendor role.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H