What is CVE-2020-29156?

CVE-2020-29156 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Woocommerce, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-12-27.

How severe is CVE-2020-29156?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-29156 known to be exploited?

7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth bypass in Woocommerce

CVE-2020-29156

The WooCommerce plugin before 4.7.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to view the status of arbitrary orders via the order_id parameter in a fetch_order_status action.

Vulnerability class: IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

EPSS: 0.040 (89.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Woocommerce
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-639 — Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-29156?: CVE-2020-29156 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Woocommerce, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-12-27.
How severe is CVE-2020-29156?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-29156 known to be exploited?: 7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.