WordPress security changelog
CRITICAL CVE-2024-12264 Deferred

PayU CommercePro Plugin: Privilege escalation or authentication bypass

PayU CommercePro Plugin 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
PayU CommercePro Plugin
Plugin slug
payu-india
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Jan 07, 2025
Weakness
CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

This CVE was published Jan 07, 2025 and is one of 4 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Patch or disable the affected component.

Update PayU CommercePro Plugin to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

Source record

Technical description

The PayU CommercePro Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.3. This is due to /wp-json/payu/v1/generate-user-token and /wp-json/payu/v1/get-shipping-cost REST API endpoints not properly verifying a user's identity prior to setting the users ID and auth cookies. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create new administrative user accounts.

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