CVE-2024-6636 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2024-6636

WooCommerce - Social Login <= 2.7.3 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

Vulnerability Description

The WooCommerce - Social Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'woo_slg_login_email' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the default role to Administrator while registering for an account.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Vu Nguyen

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

WooCommerce - Social Login
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: July 20th, 2024
Last Modified: April 8th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-862

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation
T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1531 Account Access Removal
Impact