Automattic WooCommerce plugin up to 3.4.5 on WordPress Privilege Check woocommerce.php access control

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
6.4$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Automattic WooCommerce plugin up to 3.4.5 on WordPress. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file woocommerce.php of the component Privilege Check. Executing a manipulation can lead to access control. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2018-20714. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Automattic WooCommerce plugin up to 3.4.5 on WordPress (E-Commerce Management Software) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the file woocommerce.php of the component Privilege Check. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The logging system of the Automattic WooCommerce plugin before 3.4.6 for WordPress is vulnerable to a File Deletion vulnerability. This allows deletion of woocommerce.php, which leads to certain privilege checks not being in place, and therefore a shop manager can escalate privileges to admin.

The bug was discovered 11/06/2018. The weakness was presented 01/15/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at blog.ripstech.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-20714 since 01/15/2019. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 70 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:woocommerce.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 3.4.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Vendor

Name

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Temp Score: 5.2
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 8.1
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
Google Hack: 🔍

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: WooCommerce plugin 3.4.6

Timelineinfo

11/06/2018 🔍
01/15/2019 +70 days 🔍
01/15/2019 +0 days 🔍
01/15/2019 +0 days 🔍
01/16/2019 +1 days 🔍
05/01/2020 +471 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: blog.ripstech.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-20714 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-20714
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-129748

Entryinfo

Created: 01/16/2019 12:13
Updated: 05/01/2020 16:26
Changes: 01/16/2019 12:13 (64), 05/01/2020 16:26 (1)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Do you need the next level of professionalism?

Upgrade your account now!