WooCommerce Add to Cart Custom Redirect: A security weakness

WooCommerce Add to Cart Custom Redirect is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires an authenticated WordPress account. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 8.1 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com

NVD score 6.5 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov

Component: WooCommerce Add to Cart Custom Redirect
Plugin slug: woocommerce-add-to-cart-custom-redirect
Affected: See vendor advisory
Safe version: See mitigation notes
Published: Mar 13, 2024
Weakness: CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

This CVE was published Mar 13, 2024 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update WooCommerce Add to Cart Custom Redirect 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 WooCommerce Add to Cart Custom Redirect plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data and loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'wcr_dismiss_admin_notice' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.13. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access and above, to update the values of arbitrary site options to 'dismissed'.

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

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

References

Update, patch or deactivate.

Technical description

Primary and upstream sources