WP e-Commerce – Store Exporter <= 1.6.6 - Missing Authorization

Improper Privilege Management
CVE Not available
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published February 15, 2016
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher James Golovich
Description

The WP e-Commerce – Store Exporter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the wpsc_get_action() function in versions up to, and including 1.6.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to gain access to restricted actions that allow them to update the plugin settings and dismiss notices among many other actions.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-e-commerce-exporter (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.6.6
Patched Version
  • 1.6.7
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