CVE-2024-9189

MEDIUM EPSS 37.0%
Published Sep 28, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.3 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Sep 28, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

The EU/UK VAT Manager for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the alg_wc_eu_vat_exempt_vat_from_admin() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.12.12. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the VAT status for any order.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.3
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
1.4
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Low
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
37.0% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-862 Missing Authorization Authorization

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
wpfactoryeu\/uk_vat_manager_for_woocommerce* <2.12.14

References 3

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/eu-vat-for-woocommerce/tags/2.12.12/includes/class-alg-wc-eu-vat-ajax.php#L285
    Product
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3158296/
    Patch
  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c6db680e-1fd4-420c-98f4-2b6dc5cf6781?source=cve
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation