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
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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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (24.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 24.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Woocommerce Order Status Change Notifier
- Woocommerce Order Status Change Notifier — versions 0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/fbc56973-4225-4f44-8c38-d488e57cd551 (Exploit, technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)
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.