Auth bypass in Sandeepsoni214 User Email Verification For Woocommerce
CVE-2023-2781
The User Email Verification for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass via authenticate_user_by_email in versions up to, and including, 3.5.0. This is due to a random token generation weakness in the resend_verification_email function. This allows unauthenticated attackers to impersonate users and trigger an email address verification for arbitrary accounts, including administrative accounts, and automatically be logged in as that user, including any site administrators. This requires the Allow Automatic Login After Successful Verification setting to be enabled, which it is not by default.
EPSS: 0.012 (64.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
- security@wordfence.com (Patch)
- security@wordfence.com (Patch)
- security@wordfence.com (Patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-2781?
- CVE-2023-2781 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sandeepsoni214 User Email Verification For Woocommerce, classified under Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2023-06-03.
- How severe is CVE-2023-2781?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-2781 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.