WooCommerce EAN Payment Gateway: A security weakness
WooCommerce EAN Payment Gateway is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least contributor-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- WooCommerce EAN Payment Gateway
- Plugin slug
woocommerce-ean-payment-gateway- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Oct 20, 2023
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Oct 20, 2023 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update WooCommerce EAN Payment Gateway 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 WooCommerce EAN Payment Gateway plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the refresh_order_ean_data AJAX action in versions up to 6.1.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level access and above, to update EAN numbers for orders.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N