WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2024-5704 Deferred

XPlainer – WooCommerce Product FAQ [WooCommerce Accordion FAQ Plugin: A security weakness

XPlainer – WooCommerce Product FAQ [WooCommerce Accordion FAQ Plugin 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.

CVE / CNA score 4.3 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
XPlainer – WooCommerce Product FAQ [WooCommerce Accordion FAQ Plugin
Plugin slug
faq-for-woocommerce
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Jul 09, 2024
Weakness
CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

This CVE was published Jul 09, 2024 and is one of 3 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update XPlainer – WooCommerce Product FAQ [WooCommerce Accordion FAQ Plugin 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 XPlainer – WooCommerce Product FAQ [WooCommerce Accordion FAQ Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on several functions (i.e. ffw_insert_new_faq, ffw_hide_discount_notice, ffw_delete_all_faqs, ffw_delete_single_faq, etc...) in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to add new and update existing FAQs, FAQ lists, and modify FAQ associations with products.

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

References

Primary and upstream sources