Vulnerability in Woocommerce Order Status Change Notifier

CVE-2023-2179

The WooCommerce Order Status Change Notifier WordPress plugin through 1.1.0 does not have authorisation and CSRF when updating status orders via an AJAX action available to any authenticated users, which could allow low privilege users such as subscriber to update arbitrary order status, making them paid without actually paying for them for example

EPSS: 0.003 (26.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-2179?
CVE-2023-2179 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Woocommerce Order Status Change Notifier, classified under CWE-862 MISSING AUTHORIZATION. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-05-15.
How severe is CVE-2023-2179?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-2179 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.