Description

WordPress Plugin Comment and Review Spam Control for WooCommerce is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to perform otherwise restricted actions and subsequently take over the website and its database. WordPress Plugin Comment and Review Spam Control for WooCommerce version 1.4.2 is vulnerable; prior versions are also affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 1.5.0 or latest

References

https://blog.nintechnet.com/16-woocommerce-product-add-ons-plugins-fixed-vulnerabilities/

https://xforwoocommerce.com/blog/change-log/xforwoocommerce-1-7-0/

Related Vulnerabilities

Magento Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') Vulnerability (CVE-2020-9578)

Moodle Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Vulnerability (CVE-2010-1618)

WordPress Plugin Custom Text Selection Colors Cross-Site Scripting (1.0)

Magento Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Vulnerability (CVE-2019-7925)

Dotclear Other Vulnerability (CVE-2006-3938)

Severity

High

Classification

CWE-264 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Authentication Bypass