PT-2024-17923 · WordPress · Woocommerce Cloak Affiliate Links

Francesco Carlucci · Published 2024-04-09 · Updated 2024-04-10 · CVE-2024-1308

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WooCommerce Cloak Affiliate Links plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.0.33

Description The issue allows unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the permalink settings save function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the affiliate permalink base, potentially driving traffic to malicious sites via the plugin's affiliate links.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 1.0.33, update to a version higher than 1.0.33 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the permalink settings save function until a patch is available.

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-1308

Affected Products

Woocommerce Cloak Affiliate Links

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1308 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woocommerce-cloak-affiliate-links/tags/1.0.33/woocommerce-cloak-affiliate-links.php#L396 · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1777796832749322306 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3c731e39-998e-44d2-8cf9-4d9c39731c5d?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=/woocommerce-cloak-affiliate-links/tags/1.0.33&old=3055367&new_path=/woocommerce-cloak-affiliate-links/tags/1.0.34&new=3055367&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Note