Critical severity · published Apr 12, 2023
CVE-2023-28121
An issue in WooCommerce Payments plugin for WordPress (versions 5.6.1 and lower) allows an unauthenticated attacker to send requests on behalf of an elevated user, like…
9.8
CVSS
87.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue in WooCommerce Payments plugin for WordPress (versions 5.6.1 and lower) allows an unauthenticated attacker to send requests on behalf of an elevated user, like administrator. This allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to gain admin access on a site that has the affected version of the plugin activated.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)87.4% · higher than 100% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WP
Woocommerce Payments · Automattic
4.8.0 before 4.8.2; 5.0.0 before 5.0.4; 5.1.0 before 5.1.3; 5.2.0 before 5.2.2; 5.5.0 before 5.5.2 · source: NVD
WO
Woopayments · Automattic
5.6.0 before 5.6.2; 4.9.0; 5.3.0; 5.4.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28121
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28121
Vendor Advisory
https://developer.woocommerce.com/2023/03/23/critical-vulnerability-detected-in-woocommerce-payments-what-you-need-to-know/
www.rcesecurity.com
https://www.rcesecurity.com/2023/07/patch-diffing-cve-2023-28121-to-compromise-a-woocommerce/