CVE-2023-6979 Customer Reviews for WooCommerce <= 5.38.9 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Upload

What is CVE-2023-6979?

CVE-2023-6979 is a high-severity vulnerability in ivole Customer Reviews for WooCommerce, published on 11 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the ivole_import_upload_csv AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 5.38.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

Weakness: CWE-434

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6979?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cusrev Customer Reviews for Woocommerce.

How do I fix CVE-2023-6979?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6979 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-6979 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6979 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in ivole Customer Reviews for WooCommerce

• CVE-2023-0080 Customer Reviews for WooCommerce < 5.16.0 - Contributor+ LFI High 8.8
• CVE-2024-3731 Customer Reviews for WooCommerce <= 5.47.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 's' Medium 6.1
• CVE-2023-0079 Customer Reviews for WooCommerce < 5.17.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS Medium 5.4
• CVE-2024-1044 Customer Reviews for WooCommerce <= 5.38.10 - Improper Authorization via submit_review Medium 5.3
• CVE-2022-40194 WordPress Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin <= 5.3.5 - Sensitive Information Disclosure vulnerability Medium 5.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-rhj4-7w3q-vf4p.