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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-12 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-02 12:30
VLAI
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-287 - Improper Authentication - Generic (CWE-287)
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a WooCommerce Payments WordPress Plugin Affected: Fixed version 5.6.2
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