Auth bypass in Pluginus Bear - Woocommerce Bulk Editor And Products Manager Professional

CVE-2023-4938

The BEAR for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions up to, and including, 1.1.3.3. This is due to a missing capability check on the woobe_bulkoperations_apply_default_combination function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers (subscriber or higher) to manipulate products.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (42.5th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 43rd percentile — 42.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2023-4938: held from 0.004 to 0.005.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-4938?
CVE-2023-4938 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pluginus Bear - Woocommerce Bulk Editor And Products Manager Professional, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-10-18.
How severe is CVE-2023-4938?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-4938 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.