EU/UK VAT Manager for WooCommerce <= 2.12.12 - Missing Authorization

5.3
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-9189
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published September 27, 2024
Last Updated September 28, 2024
Researcher Francesco Carlucci

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.

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Vulnerability Details for EU/UK VAT Manager for WooCommerce

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug eu-vat-for-woocommerce (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.12.14, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 2.12.12
Patched Version
  • 2.12.14

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