# CVE-2024-9756: Missing authorization in Order Attachments for WooCommerce

> Authenticated subscribers can upload limited file types due to missing capability checks in the Order Attachments for WooCommerce plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 14 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6j38-4772-mpr3

## What is CVE-2024-9756?

CVE-2024-9756 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in sldesignpl Order Attachments for WooCommerce, published on 12 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Order Attachments for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized limited arbitrary file uploads due to a missing capability check on the wcoa_add_attachment AJAX action in versions 2.0 to 2.4.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to upload limited file types.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9756?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Directsoftware Order Attachments for Woocommerce.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-9756?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9756 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-9756 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9756 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- Order Attachments for WooCommerce 2.0 - 2.4.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Arbitrary File Upload (github_poc): https://github.com/Nxploited/CVE-2024-9756

## Other vulnerabilities in sldesignpl Order Attachments for WooCommerce

- [CVE-2024-13638](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13638/): Information disclosure in Order Attachments for WooCommerce (medium 5.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-9756 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-9756 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in sldesignpl Order Attachments for WooCommerce, published on 12 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9756 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: sldesignpl Order Attachments 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-2024-9756/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9756/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9756
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9756
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9756

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9756/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.