WP Customer Area Plugin up to 8.2.0 on WordPress AJAX Action authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in WP Customer Area Plugin up to 8.2.0 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component AJAX Action Handler. The manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-6824. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in WP Customer Area Plugin up to 8.2.0 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component AJAX Action Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-639. The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The WP Customer Area WordPress plugin before 8.2.1 does not properly validates user capabilities in some of its AJAX actions, allowing any users to retrieve other user's account address.

The weakness was released 01/16/2024 by Krzysztof Zając. It is possible to read the advisory at wpscan.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-6824 since 12/14/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 8.2.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-639 / CWE-285 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: WP Customer Area Plugin 8.2.1

Timelineinfo

12/14/2023 🔍
01/16/2024 +33 days 🔍
01/16/2024 +0 days 🔍
06/11/2025 +512 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Researcher: Krzysztof Zając
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-6824 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-6824
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-250871

Entryinfo

Created: 01/16/2024 18:20
Updated: 06/11/2025 23:28
Changes: 01/16/2024 18:20 (41), 02/06/2024 11:47 (11), 06/11/2025 23:28 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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