CVE-2024-0201 Product Expiry for WooCommerce <= 2.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Plugin Settings Update
Authenticated subscribers can modify plugin settings due to missing capability checks in the Product Expiry for WooCommerce plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-0201?
CVE-2024-0201 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in webcodingplace Product Expiry for WooCommerce, published on 3 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Product Expiry for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'save_settings' function in versions up to, and including, 2.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions or above to update plugin settings. CVE-2023-52179 appears to be a duplicate of this issue.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0201?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Webcodingplace Product Expiry for Woocommerce.
How do I fix CVE-2024-0201?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0201 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2024-0201 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0201 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fxm9-385w-jhq7.