Vulnerability · Published Jan 18, 2022 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2022-0215XootiX Plugins <= Various Versions Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Options Update
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity cross-site request forgery in Login/Signup Popup from XootiX. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 57% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Login/Signup Popup, Waitlist Woocommerce ( Back in stock notifier ), and Side Cart Woocommerce (Ajax) WordPress plugins by XootiX are vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery via the save_settings function found in the ~/includes/xoo-framework/admin/class-xoo-admin-settings.php file which makes it possible for attackers to update arbitrary options on a site that can be used to create an administrative user account and grant full privileged access to a compromised site. This affects versions <= 2.2 in Login/Signup Popup, versions <= 2.5.1 in Waitlist Woocommerce ( Back in stock notifier ), and versions <= 2.0 in Side Cart Woocommerce (Ajax).
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| XootiX | Login/Signup Popup | 2.2 – through 2.2 |
| XootiX | Waitlist Woocommerce ( Back in stock notifier ) | 2.5.1 – through 2.5.1 |
| XootiX | Side Cart Woocommerce (Ajax) | 2.0 – through 2.0 |
Weakness: CWE-352 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/01/84000-wordpress-sites-affected-by-three-plugins-with-the-same-vulnerability/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-0215 x_refsource_MISC
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-login-woocommerce/tags/2.2/includes/xoo-framework/admin/class-xoo-admin-settings.php#L122 x_refsource_MISC
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/waitlist-woocommerce/tags/2.5.1/includes/xoo-framework/admin/class-xoo-admin-settings.php#L122 x_refsource_MISC
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/side-cart-woocommerce/tags/2.1/includes/xoo-framework/admin/class-xoo-admin-settings.php?rev=2538194#L128 x_refsource_MISC