Auth bypass in Villatheme Woocommerce Photo Reviews
CVE-2024-8277
The WooCommerce Photo Reviews Premium plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.13.2. This is due to the plugin not properly validating what user transient is being used in the login() function and not properly verifying the user's identity. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as user that has dismissed an admin notice in the past 30 days, which is often an administrator. Alternatively, a user can log in as any user with any transient that has a valid user_id as the value, though it would be more difficult to exploit this successfully.
EPSS: 0.016 (74.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/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 (Product)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-8277?
- CVE-2024-8277 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Villatheme Woocommerce Photo Reviews, classified under Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-09-11.
- How severe is CVE-2024-8277?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-8277 known to be exploited?
- 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.