WooCommerce Point of Sale: Privilege escalation or authentication bypass
WooCommerce Point of Sale 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.
- Component
- WooCommerce Point of Sale
- Plugin slug
woocommerce-point-of-sale- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Dec 25, 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Dec 25, 2024 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update WooCommerce Point of Sale 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 Point of Sale plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 6.1.0. This is due to insufficient validation on the 'logged_in_user_id' value when option values are empty and the ability for attackers to change the email of arbitrary user accounts. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the email of arbitrary user accounts, including administrators, and reset their password to gain access to the account.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H