CVE-2023-28121 (GCVE-0-2023-28121)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-12 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-02 12:30
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Summary
An issue in WooCommerce Payments plugin for WordPress (versions 5.6.1 and lower) allows an unauthenticated attacker to send requests on behalf of an elevated user, like administrator. This allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to gain admin access on a site that has the affected version of the plugin activated.
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CWE
  • CWE-287 - Improper Authentication - Generic (CWE-287)
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n/a WooCommerce Payments WordPress Plugin Affected: Fixed version 5.6.2
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