# CVE-2024-34370: WordPress EAN for WooCommerce plugin <= 4.8.9 - Arbitrary Option Update to Privilege Escalation vulnerability

> An attacker can exploit improper privilege management in the EAN for WooCommerce plugin to escalate privileges within the WordPress environment.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 May 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mcgh-62x5-2v7c

## What is CVE-2024-34370?

CVE-2024-34370 is a high-severity vulnerability in WPFactory EAN for WooCommerce, published on 17 May 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in WPFactory EAN for WooCommerce allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects EAN for WooCommerce: from n/a through 4.8.9.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-34370?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpfactory Ean for Woocommerce.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-34370?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-34370 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-34370 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-34370 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- CVE-2024-34370, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-34370 (github_poc): https://github.com/pashayogi/CVE-2024-34370

## Other vulnerabilities in WPFactory EAN for WooCommerce

- [CVE-2023-6892](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6892/): Cross-site scripting in EAN Barcode Generator for WooCommerce: UPC, ISBN & GTIN Inventory (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2023-0062](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0062/): EAN for WooCommerce < 4.4.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2023-6897](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6897/): EAN for WooCommerce <= 4.9.2 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Sensitve Information Exposure via Shortcode (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-34370 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-34370 is a high-severity vulnerability in WPFactory EAN for WooCommerce, published on 17 May 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-34370 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: WPFactory EAN for WooCommerce. 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-2024-34370/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34370/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-34370
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-34370
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-34370

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34370/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.