# CVE-2023-3508: WooCommerce Pre-Orders < 2.0.3 - Unauthorised Actions via CSRF

> Attackers can trick logged-in admins into performing unauthorized pre-order actions via CSRF, requiring an upgrade to the plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 31 Jul 2023
- **Updated:** 23 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wwxq-vcxp-5xwf

## What is CVE-2023-3508?

CVE-2023-3508 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown WooCommerce Pre-Orders, published on 31 Jul 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The WooCommerce Pre-Orders WordPress plugin before 2.0.3 has a flawed CSRF check when processing its tab actions, which could allow attackers to make logged in admins email pre-orders customer, change the released date, mark all pre-orders of a specific product as complete or cancel via CSRF attacks

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-3508?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Woocommerce Woocommerce Pre-Orders.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-3508?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-3508 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-3508 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-3508 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown WooCommerce Pre-Orders

- [CVE-2023-32802](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32802/): WordPress WooCommerce Pre-Orders Plugin <= 1.9.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2023-32793](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32793/): WordPress WooCommerce Pre-Orders Plugin <= 2.0.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-3507](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3507/): WooCommerce Pre-Orders < 2.0.3 - Arbitrary Pre-Order Canceling via CSRF (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-3508 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-3508 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown WooCommerce Pre-Orders, published on 31 Jul 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-3508 exists.

Affected product: Unknown WooCommerce Pre-Orders. 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-2023-3508/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3508/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3508
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3508
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-3508

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3508/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.