# CVE-2023-3162: Stripe Payment Plugin for WooCommerce <= 3.7.7 - Authentication Bypass

> Unauthenticated attackers can bypass authentication to log in as customers with orders due to insufficient user verification in the Stripe checkout process.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 31 Aug 2023
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qg92-3pp6-24xq

## What is CVE-2023-3162?

CVE-2023-3162 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in themehigh Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce, published on 31 Aug 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Stripe Payment Plugin for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 3.7.7. This is due to insufficient verification on the user being supplied during a Stripe checkout through the plugin. This allows unauthenticated attackers to log in as users who have orders, who are typically customers.

Weakness: CWE-288 (Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-3162?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Webtoffee Stripe Payment Plugin for Woocommerce.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-3162?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-3162 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-3162 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-3162 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in themehigh Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce

- [CVE-2024-0705](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0705/): Stripe Payment Plugin for WooCommerce <= 3.7.9 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-4040](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4040/): Missing authorization in Stripe Payment Plugin for WooCommerce (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-3162 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-3162 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in themehigh Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce, published on 31 Aug 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-3162 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: themehigh Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce. 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-2023-3162/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3162/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3162
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3162
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-3162

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3162/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.