# CVE-2024-11281: Privilege escalation in WooCommerce Point of Sale

> Unauthenticated attackers can change arbitrary user emails to reset passwords and gain administrator access in the WooCommerce Point of Sale plugin.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-32xx-66qm-74xh

## What is CVE-2024-11281?

CVE-2024-11281 is a critical vulnerability in Webkul WooCommerce Point of Sale, published on 25 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The WooCommerce Point of Sale plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 6.1.0. This is due to insufficient validation on the 'logged_in_user_id' value when option values are empty and the ability for attackers to change the email of arbitrary user accounts. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the email of arbitrary user accounts, including administrators, and reset their password to gain access to the account.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-11281?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-11281?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-11281 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-11281 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11281 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-11281 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-11281 is a critical vulnerability in Webkul WooCommerce Point of Sale, published on 25 Dec 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-2024-11281 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Webkul WooCommerce Point of Sale. 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-2024-11281/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11281/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11281
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11281
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-11281

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11281/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.