Vulnerability · Published Jun 7, 2023 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2020-36731Flexible Checkout Fields for WooCommerce <= 2.3.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Plugin Settings Update
High 7.2
In plain English
A high-severity cross-site scripting in Flexible Checkout Fields for WooCommerce – WooCommerce Checkout Manager from wpdesk. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.3% (higher than 71% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei.
Official description
The Flexible Checkout Fields for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Plugin Settings update, in addition to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 2.3.1. This is due to missing authorization checks on the updateSettingsAction() function which is called via an admin_init hook, along with missing sanitization and escaping on the settings that are stored.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| wpdesk | Flexible Checkout Fields for WooCommerce – WooCommerce Checkout Manager | 0 – before 2.3.2 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fd12a952-2e99-41f7-b74c-55c2b7d8deed?source=cve
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/zero-day-vulnerability-fixed-in-wordpress-flexible-checkout-fields-for-woocommerce-plugin/
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/02/site-takeover-campaign-exploits-multiple-zero-day-vulnerabilities/