WordPress security changelog
CRITICAL CVE-2023-3162 Modified

Stripe Payment Plugin for WooCommerce: Privilege escalation or authentication bypass

Stripe Payment Plugin for WooCommerce 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.

CVE / CNA score 9.8 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
Stripe Payment Plugin for WooCommerce
Plugin slug
payment-gateway-stripe-and-woocommerce-integration
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Aug 31, 2023
Weakness
CWE-288 — Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

This CVE was published Aug 31, 2023 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Stripe Payment Plugin 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.

Source record

Technical description

The Stripe Payment Plugin for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 3.7.7. This is due to insufficient verification on the user being supplied during a Stripe checkout through the plugin. This allows unauthenticated attackers to log in as users who have orders, who are typically customers.

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

References

Primary and upstream sources