WooCommerce <= 4.6.1 & WooCommerce Blocks <= 3.7.0 - Settings Bypass leading to Account Creation

Missing Authorization
CVE Not available
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published November 5, 2020
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Description

The WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized user account creation during checkout even when the “Allow customers to create an account during checkout” setting is disabled. was disabled due to missing authorization checks in versions up to and including 4.6.1. The WooCommerce Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to the same issue in versions up to, and including, 3.7.1.

References

2 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug woocommerce (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 4.6.2
Patched Version
  • 4.6.2
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug woo-gutenberg-products-block (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.7.1
Patched Version
  • 3.7.1
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