CVE-2024-13528 Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce <= 2.9.5 - Authentication Bypass via Shortcode
Authenticated attackers can bypass email verification to take over accounts if the fine tune placement option is enabled.
- 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-2024-13528?
CVE-2024-13528 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in wpcodefactory Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce, published on 12 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.5. This is due to the presence of a shortcode that will generate a confirmation link with a placeholder email. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to generate a verification link for any unverified user and log into the account. The 'Fine tune placement' option must be enabled in the plugin settings in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13528?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpfactory Customer Email Verification for Woocommerce.
How do I fix CVE-2024-13528?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13528 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2024-13528 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13528 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in wpcodefactory Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce
Sources
Also known as GHSA-ffhx-9g94-w22w.