CVE-2024-1308
The WooCommerce Cloak Affiliate Links plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'permalink_settings_save' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.33.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.74%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The WooCommerce Cloak Affiliate Links plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'permalink_settings_save' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.33. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the affiliate permalink base, driving traffic to malicious sites via the plugin's affiliate links.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.74% probability · 53th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woocommerce-cloak-affiliate-links/tags/1.0.33/woocommerce-cloak-affiliate-links.php#L396
- 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=
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3c731e39-998e-44d2-8cf9-4d9c39731c5d?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woocommerce-cloak-affiliate-links/tags/1.0.33/woocommerce-cloak-affiliate-links.php#L396
- 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=
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3c731e39-998e-44d2-8cf9-4d9c39731c5d?source=cve
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.