PT-2024-39478 · WordPress · Eu/Uk Vat Manager For Woocommerce

Francesco Carlucci · Published 2024-09-28 · Updated 2024-10-03 · CVE-2024-9189

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions EU/UK VAT Manager for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.12.12

Description The issue allows unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the alg wc eu vat exempt vat from admin() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the VAT status for any order.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 2.12.12, consider disabling the alg wc eu vat exempt vat from admin() function until a patch is available to prevent unauthorized modification of data.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-9189

Affected Products

Eu/Uk Vat Manager For Woocommerce

References · 7

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3158296 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9189 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9189 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/6591 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/96454 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c6db680e-1fd4-420c-98f4-2b6dc5cf6781?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/eu-vat-for-woocommerce/tags/2.12.12/includes/class-alg-wc-eu-vat-ajax.php#L285 · Note