{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6979 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6979 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"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."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-6979 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: 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.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6979 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: ivole Customer Reviews for WooCommerce. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6979/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6979/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-6979","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6979/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-6979","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-rhj4-7w3q-vf4p"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Authenticated attackers with author access can upload arbitrary files via missing validation, potentially leading to remote code execution.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"file_upload"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Wordfence","cpe":[{"product":"customer_reviews_for_woocommerce","vendor":"cusrev"}],"cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-434","name":"Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type"}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Customer Reviews for WooCommerce \u003c= 5.38.9 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Upload","id":"CVE-2023-6979","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"file_upload","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":5,"next":{"headline":"WP SMS \u003c= 6.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Subscriber Deletion","id":"CVE-2023-6980"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"WP Job Manager – Company Profiles \u003c= 1.7 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting","id":"CVE-2023-6978"},"products":["Customer Reviews for WooCommerce"],"published":"2024-01-11","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Customer Reviews for WooCommerce \u003c 5.16.0 - Contributor+ LFI","id":"CVE-2023-0080","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-02-13"},{"cvss_score":6.1,"headline":"Customer Reviews for WooCommerce \u003c= 5.47.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 's'","id":"CVE-2024-3731","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-04-19"},{"cvss_score":5.4,"headline":"Customer Reviews for WooCommerce \u003c 5.17.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS","id":"CVE-2023-0079","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-01-16"},{"cvss_score":5.3,"headline":"Customer Reviews for WooCommerce \u003c= 5.38.10 - Improper Authorization via submit_review","id":"CVE-2024-1044","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-02-20"},{"cvss_score":5.3,"headline":"WordPress Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin \u003c= 5.3.5 - Sensitive Information Disclosure vulnerability","id":"CVE-2022-40194","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-09-23"},{"cvss_score":4.3,"headline":"WordPress Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin \u003c= 5.36.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability","id":"CVE-2023-45101","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-01-02"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-08","vendors":["ivole"]},"summary":"Authenticated attackers with author access can upload arbitrary files via missing validation, potentially leading to remote code execution.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6979/"}