MultiVendorX – The Ultimate WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution: A security weakness
MultiVendorX – The Ultimate WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- MultiVendorX – The Ultimate WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution
- Plugin slug
dc-woocommerce-multi-vendor- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Oct 24, 2024
This CVE was published Oct 24, 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 unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'mvx_sent_deactivation_request' function in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to send a canned email to the site's administrator asking to delete the profile of an arbitrary vendor.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N