wclovers WCFM Plugin up to 6.7.12 on WordPress processing authorization

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in wclovers WCFM Plugin up to 6.7.12 on WordPress. Impacted is the function WCFM_Customers_Manage_Controller::processing. The manipulation results in authorization. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-8290. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in wclovers WCFM Plugin up to 6.7.12 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function WCFM_Customers_Manage_Controller::processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The WCFM – Frontend Manager for WooCommerce along with Bookings Subscription Listings Compatible plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 6.7.12 via the WCFM_Customers_Manage_Controller::processing function due to missing validation on the ID user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber/customer-level access and above, to change the email address of administrator user accounts which allows them to reset the password and access the administrator account.

The weakness was presented by Wesley. The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-8290 since 08/28/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 10/03/2024).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• wclovers

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• WCFM Plugin

Version

• 6.7.0
• 6.7.1
• 6.7.2
• 6.7.3
• 6.7.4
• 6.7.5
• 6.7.6
• 6.7.7
• 6.7.8
• 6.7.9
• 6.7.10
• 6.7.11
• 6.7.12

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