YITH Essential Kit for WooCommerce #1 <= 2.34.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Plugin Install, Activation, and Deactivation
Vulnerability Description
The YITH Essential Kit for WooCommerce #1 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'activate_module', 'deactivate_module', and 'install_module' functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.34.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install, activate, and deactivate plugins from a pre-defined list of available YITH plugins.
Impact Analysis
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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:
- Lucio Sá
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ca497ffa-6306-46dc-895f-94f1d5236e28?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/yith-essential-kit-for-woocommerce-1/trunk/class-yith-jetpack.php#L425
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/yith-essential-kit-for-woocommerce-1/trunk/class-yith-jetpack.php#L457
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/yith-essential-kit-for-woocommerce-1/trunk/class-yith-jetpack.php#L487
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3120283/
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