WooCommerce < 6.3.1 - Unauthorized Order Status Change

Missing Authorization
CVE Not available
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published March 10, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Description

The WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check and nonce check on the PayPal order updates functionality in versions up to, and including, 6.3.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to change the status of arbitrary orders that have been created with PayPal.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug woocommerce (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • 3.5 - 3.5.10
  • 3.6 - 3.6.7
  • 3.7 - 3.7.3
  • 3.8 - 3.8.3
  • 3.9 - 3.9.5
  • 4.0 - 4.0.4
  • 4.1 - 4.1.4
  • 4.2 - 4.2.5
  • 4.3 - 4.3.6
  • 4.4 - 4.4.4
  • 4.5 - 4.5.5
  • 4.6 - 4.6.5
  • 4.7 - 4.7.4
  • 4.8 - 4.8.3
  • 4.9 - 4.9.5
  • 5.0 - 5.0.3
  • 5.1 - 5.1.3
  • 5.2 - 5.2.5
  • 5.3 - 5.3.3
  • 5.4 - 5.4.4
  • 5.5 - 5.5.4
  • 5.6 - 5.6.2
  • 5.7 - 5.7.2
  • 5.8 - 5.8.1
  • 5.9 - 5.9.1
  • 6.0 - 6.0.1
  • 6.1 - 6.1.2
  • 6.2 - 6.2.2
  • 6.3 - 6.3.1
Patched Version
  • 3.5.10
  • 3.6.7
  • 3.7.3
  • 3.8.3
  • 3.9.5
  • 4.0.4
  • 4.1.4
  • 4.2.5
  • 4.3.6
  • 4.4.4
  • 4.5.5
  • 4.6.5
  • 4.7.4
  • 4.8.3
  • 4.9.5
  • 5.0.3
  • 5.1.3
  • 5.2.5
  • 5.3.3
  • 5.4.4
  • 5.5.4
  • 5.6.2
  • 5.7.2
  • 5.8.1
  • 5.9.1
  • 6.0.1
  • 6.1.2
  • 6.2.2
  • 6.3.1
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