PayHere Payment Gateway Plugin for WooCommerce <= 2.3.9 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Order Status Modification
Vulnerability Description
The PayHere Payment Gateway Plugin for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to an improper validation logic in the check_payhere_response function in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.9. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the status of pending WooCommerce orders to paid/completed/on hold.
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:
- Md. Moniruzzaman Prodhan
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e0c92241-0bef-4f87-8478-4d805435f09d?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payhere-payment-gateway/tags/2.3.9/gateway/class-wcgatewaypayhere.php#L709
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3440771%40payhere-payment-gateway&new=3440771%40payhere-payment-gateway&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file10
Affected Vendor
payhere
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