CVE-2023-28121
WooCommerce Payments 4.8.0 - 5.6.1 Authentication Bypass and Privilege Escalation
criticalAuthentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
9.8
CVSS Score
9.8
CVSS Score
critical
Severity
5.6.2
Patched in
306d
Time to patch
Description
The WooCommerce Payments plugin is vulnerable to authentication bypass via the determine_current_user_for_platform_checkout function. This allows unauthenticated attackers to impersonate arbitrary users and perform some actions as the impersonated user, which can lead to site takeover.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HAttack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
High
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Technical Details
Affected versions
>=4.8.0 <=5.6.1PublishedMarch 23, 2023
Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024
Affected pluginwoocommerce-payments
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