# CVE-2024-0702: Oliver POS – A WooCommerce Point of Sale (POS) <= 2.4.2.1 - Missing Authorization

> Authenticated subscribers can perform unauthorized actions like deactivating the plugin or disconnecting subscriptions due to missing capability checks.

- **Severity:** High 7.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-crwx-4q98-mp2j

## What is CVE-2024-0702?

CVE-2024-0702 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in oliverpos Oliver POS – A WooCommerce Point of Sale (POS), published on 20 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Oliver POS – A WooCommerce Point of Sale (POS) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to missing capability checks on several functions hooked via AJAX in the includes/class-pos-bridge-install.php file in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.2.1 This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to perform several unauthorized actions like deactivating the plugin, disconnecting the subscription, syncing the status and more.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0702?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oliverpos Oliver Pos.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0702?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0702 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-0702 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0702 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in oliverpos Oliver POS – A WooCommerce Point of Sale (POS)

- [CVE-2024-13513](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13513/): Oliver POS – A WooCommerce Point of Sale (POS) <= 2.4.2.3 - Sensitive Information Exposure to Privilege Escalation (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-1954](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1954/): Oliver POS – A WooCommerce Point of Sale (POS) <= 2.4.1.8 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (medium 6.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-0702 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0702 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in oliverpos Oliver POS – A WooCommerce Point of Sale (POS), published on 20 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0702 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: oliverpos Oliver POS – A WooCommerce Point of Sale (POS). 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-2024-0702/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0702/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0702
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0702
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0702

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0702/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.