CVE-2020-36841 WooCommerce Smart Coupons <= 4.6.0 - Unauthenticated Coupon Creation
Unauthenticated attackers can create gift certificates of any value due to missing capability checks, allowing them to redeem products on the victim's storefront.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-36841?
CVE-2020-36841 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in WooCommerce Smart Coupons, published on 16 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WooCommerce Smart Coupons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the woocommerce_coupon_admin_init function in versions up to, and including, 4.6.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to send themselves gift certificates of any value, which could be redeemed for products sold on the victim’s storefront.
Weakness: CWE-285
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-36841?
How do I fix CVE-2020-36841?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-36841 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2020-36841 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36841 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x279-24jv-7gr3.