The Active Products Tables for WooCommerce. Use constructor to create tables: A security weakness
The Active Products Tables for WooCommerce. Use constructor to create tables is affected by a security weakness. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- The Active Products Tables for WooCommerce. Use constructor to create tables
- Plugin slug
profit-products-tables-for-woocommerce- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Dec 10, 2024
This CVE was published Dec 10, 2024 and is one of 13 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update The Active Products Tables for WooCommerce. Use constructor to create tables 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 The Active Products Tables for WooCommerce. Use constructor to create tables plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution via woot_get_smth AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.6.5. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L