# CVE-2023-52230: Missing authorization in Booster Plus for WooCommerce

> Authenticated attackers can access arbitrary WordPress options due to missing authorization checks in the Booster Plus for WooCommerce plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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:** 9 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7rxg-g96w-25cm

## What is CVE-2023-52230?

CVE-2023-52230 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Pluggabl LLC Booster Plus for WooCommerce, published on 9 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Pluggabl LLC Booster Plus for WooCommerce.This issue affects Booster Plus for WooCommerce: from n/a before 7.1.3.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-52230?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Booster Booster for Woocommerce.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-52230?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-52230 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-52230 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-52230 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Pluggabl LLC Booster Plus for WooCommerce

- [CVE-2021-34646](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-34646/): Booster for WooCommerce <= 5.4.3 Authentication Bypass (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-1986](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1986/): Elite Booster for WooCommerce <= 7.1.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-13342](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13342/): Booster for WooCommerce <= 7.2.4 - Unauthenticated Double Extension Arbitrary File Upload (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2024-13744](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13744/): Booster for WooCommerce 4.0.1 - 7.2.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2022-3763](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3763/): Booster for WooCommerce - Checkout Files Deletion via CSRF (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-52230 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-52230 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Pluggabl LLC Booster Plus for WooCommerce, published on 9 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-52230 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Pluggabl LLC Booster Plus 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-2023-52230/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52230/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52230
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52230
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-52230

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52230/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.