CVE-2023-28121

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-28121
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-04-12 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-12-18 15:22:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue in WooCommerce Payments plugin for WordPress (versions 5.6.1 and lower) allows an unauthenticated attacker to send requests on behalf of an elevated user, like administrator. This allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to gain admin access on a site that has the affected version of the plugin activated.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-287

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Automattic Woocommerce Payments All All All All
Application Automattic Woocommerce Payments 4.9.0 All All All
Application Automattic Woocommerce Payments 5.3.0 All All All
Application Automattic Woocommerce Payments 5.4.0 All All All
Application Automattic Woopayments All All All All
Application Automattic Woopayments 4.9.0 All All All
Application Automattic Woopayments 5.3.0 All All All
Application Automattic Woopayments 5.4.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Patch Diffing CVE-2023-28121 to Compromise a WooCommerce – RCE Security MISC www.rcesecurity.com
Critical Vulnerability Patched in WooCommerce Payments – What You Need to Know – Develop with WooCommerce MISC developer.woocommerce.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 730856 WordPress Plugin WooCommerce Payments Authentication Bypass and Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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