CVE-2023-32299 in Ni WooCommerce Sales Report Plugin
Summary
by MITRE • 12/09/2024
Missing Authorization vulnerability in anzia Ni WooCommerce Sales Report allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Ni WooCommerce Sales Report: from n/a through 3.7.3.
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 05/14/2026
This vulnerability represents a critical missing authorization flaw that undermines the access control mechanisms within the anzia Ni WooCommerce Sales Report plugin. The security weakness stems from improperly configured access control security levels that fail to properly validate user permissions before granting access to sensitive sales data. Attackers can exploit this misconfiguration to bypass authentication requirements and gain unauthorized access to comprehensive sales reports and financial information. The vulnerability affects all versions of the plugin from the initial release through version 3.7.3, indicating a long-standing security gap that has persisted across multiple updates. This type of flaw falls under the CWE-284 category of Improper Access Control, which specifically addresses weaknesses in authorization mechanisms that allow unauthorized users to access protected resources. The operational impact of this vulnerability is severe as it exposes sensitive commercial data including transaction histories, customer purchase patterns, revenue figures, and other proprietary sales metrics that should only be accessible to authorized administrators or staff members with appropriate clearance levels.
The technical implementation of this vulnerability occurs when the plugin fails to properly verify user roles and permissions before executing sales report generation functions. This misconfiguration allows any authenticated user, regardless of their actual authorization level, to request and receive access to comprehensive sales data through the plugin's reporting interface. The flaw typically manifests when the application does not adequately check whether the requesting user possesses the necessary administrative privileges or sales data access permissions before processing the report request. This incorrect access control implementation creates a direct pathway for privilege escalation attacks where less privileged users can access data that should be restricted to higher-level administrators. The vulnerability can be exploited through various means including direct api calls, parameter manipulation, or by leveraging existing authenticated sessions to access restricted endpoints. From an attack perspective, this weakness aligns with the ATT&CK technique T1078.004 which focuses on Valid Accounts and T1566.001 which covers Spearphishing Attachment, as attackers can leverage compromised user accounts to access restricted data through this authorization bypass.
Organizations utilizing the affected WooCommerce plugin versions face significant operational risks including potential data breaches, regulatory compliance violations, and financial losses due to exposure of sensitive sales information. The vulnerability creates an attack surface that can be exploited by both internal and external threat actors to gain insights into business operations, customer behavior patterns, and revenue streams. The impact extends beyond immediate data exposure as this information can be used for competitive intelligence gathering, fraud detection, or as part of broader attack campaigns targeting the organization's infrastructure. Security professionals should consider this vulnerability as part of their risk assessment frameworks and prioritize remediation efforts to address the improper access control configuration. The recommended mitigation strategies include immediate plugin updates to versions that address the authorization flaw, implementation of additional access controls through custom code modifications, and comprehensive review of all plugin access control mechanisms. Organizations should also conduct thorough penetration testing to identify similar authorization weaknesses in other components of their web applications and establish proper monitoring for unauthorized access attempts to sensitive data resources.