algoritmika Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce Plugin Shortcode improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in algoritmika Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce Plugin up to 2.9.5 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Shortcode Handler. Such manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-13528. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in algoritmika Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce Plugin up to 2.9.5 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.5. This is due to the presence of a shortcode that will generate a confirmation link with a placeholder email. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to generate a verification link for any unverified user and log into the account. The 'Fine tune placement' option must be enabled in the plugin settings in order to exploit the vulnerability.

The weakness was disclosed by wesley. The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-13528 since 01/18/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 02/12/2025).

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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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.1
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CNA Base Score: 7.5
CNA Vector (Wordfence): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/18/2025 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Researcher: wesley
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-13528 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-13528
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-295472

Entryinfo

Created: 02/12/2025 11:26
Changes: 02/12/2025 11:26 (65)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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