Search, Filters & Merchandising for WooCommerce <= 3.0.67 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Plugin Deactivation
Vulnerability Description
The Search, Filters & Merchandising for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'wcis_save_email' endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.67. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to deactivate the plugin.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Athiwat Tiprasaharn
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/daa8f941-6e87-4b94-8526-f73770fe6f82?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/instantsearch-for-woocommerce/tags/3.0.64/public/wcis_plugin.php#L1074
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/instantsearch-for-woocommerce/trunk/public/wcis_plugin.php#L1074
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3415224/
Affected Vendor
instantsearchplus
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