XPlainer – WooCommerce Product FAQ [WooCommerce Accordion FAQ Plugin] <= 1.7.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Settings Update

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-5704
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published July 8, 2024
Last Updated August 1, 2024
Researcher Lucio Sá
Description

The XPlainer – WooCommerce Product FAQ [WooCommerce Accordion FAQ Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on several functions (i.e. ffw_insert_new_faq, ffw_hide_discount_notice, ffw_delete_all_faqs, ffw_delete_single_faq, etc...) in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to add new and update existing FAQs, FAQ lists, and modify FAQ associations with products.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug faq-for-woocommerce (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.7.0
Patched Version
  • 1.7.1
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