WPC Smart Messages for WooCommerce <= 4.2.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Message Activation/Deactivation

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-10437
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published October 28, 2024
Last Updated October 29, 2024
Researcher Francesco Carlucci
Description

The WPC Smart Messages for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized Smar Message activation/deactivation due to a missing capability check on the ajax_enable function in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to activate or deactivate smart messages.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wpc-smart-messages (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 4.2.1
Patched Version
  • 4.2.2
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