WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2023-6741 Modified

WP Customer Area: A security weakness

WP Customer Area is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 4.3 CVSS 3.1 · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
NVD score 4.3 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
WP Customer Area
Plugin slug
wp-customer-area
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Jan 16, 2024
Weakness
NVD-CWE-noinfo

This CVE was published Jan 16, 2024 and is one of 6 known issues for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update WP Customer Area 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 WP Customer Area WordPress plugin before 8.2.1 does not properly validate users capabilities in some of its AJAX actions, allowing malicious users to edit other users' account address.

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

Primary and upstream sources