Sharkdropship for AliExpress Dropshipping and Affiliate: A security weakness
Sharkdropship for AliExpress Dropshipping and Affiliate 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
- Sharkdropship for AliExpress Dropshipping and Affiliate
- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Apr 02, 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Apr 02, 2024 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Sharkdropship for AliExpress Dropshipping and Affiliate 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 Sharkdropship for AliExpress Dropshipping and Affiliate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the wads_removeProductFromShop() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary posts.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N