# CVE-2022-2657: Multivendor Marketplace Solution for WooCommerce < 3.8.12 - Unauthorised AJAX Calls

> Authenticated users can perform unauthorized actions like suspending vendors or updating orders due to missing authorization checks in AJAX handlers.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Sep 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-952v-66g2-63pm

## What is CVE-2022-2657?

CVE-2022-2657 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Multivendor Marketplace Solution for WooCommerce – WC Marketplace, published on 5 Sep 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Multivendor Marketplace Solution for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 3.8.12 is lacking authorisation and CSRF in multiple AJAX actions, which could allow any authenticated users, such as subscriber to call them and suspend vendors (reporter by the submitter) or update arbitrary order status (identified by WPScan when verifying the issue) for example. Other unauthenticated attacks are also possible, either directly or via CSRF

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2657?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wc-Marketplace Multivendor Marketplace Solution for Woocommerce - Wc Marketplace.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-2657?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2657 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-2657 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2657 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-2657 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-2657 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Multivendor Marketplace Solution for WooCommerce – WC Marketplace, published on 5 Sep 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2657 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Multivendor Marketplace Solution for WooCommerce – WC Marketplace. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2657/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2657/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2657
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2657
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-2657

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2657/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.