WooCommerce Point of Sale Plugin up to 6.1.0 on WordPress Email resource injection

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in WooCommerce Point of Sale Plugin up to 6.1.0 on WordPress. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Email Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to resource injection. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2024-11281. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in WooCommerce Point of Sale Plugin up to 6.1.0 on WordPress. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Email Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-99. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not restrict or incorrectly restricts the input before it is used as an identifier for a resource that may be outside the intended sphere of control. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

The WooCommerce Point of Sale plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 6.1.0. This is due to insufficient validation on the 'logged_in_user_id' value when option values are empty and the ability for attackers to change the email of arbitrary user accounts. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the email of arbitrary user accounts, including administrators, and reset their password to gain access to the account.

The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-11281 since 11/15/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/25/2024).

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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• E-Commerce Management Software

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• WooCommerce Point of Sale Plugin

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• 6.0
• 6.1.0

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