EU/UK VAT Manager for WooCommerce <= 2.12.12 - Missing Authorization

Missing Authorization

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVE	CVE-2024-9189
CVSS	Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published	September 27, 2024
Last Updated	September 28, 2024
Researcher	Francesco Carlucci

Description

The EU/UK VAT Manager for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the alg_wc_eu_vat_exempt_vat_from_admin() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.12.12. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the VAT status for any order.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	eu-vat-for-woocommerce (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 2.12.12
Patched Version	2.12.14

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