CVE-2024-6799
YITH Essential Kit for WooCommerce #1 <= 2.34.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Plugin Install, Activation, and Deactivation
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Description
The YITH Essential Kit for WooCommerce #1 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'activate_module', 'deactivate_module', and 'install_module' functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.34.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install, activate, and deactivate plugins from a pre-defined list of available YITH plugins.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/yith-essential-kit-for-woocommerce-1/trunk/class-yith-jetpack.php#L425
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/yith-essential-kit-for-woocommerce-1/trunk/class-yith-jetpack.php#L457
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/yith-essential-kit-for-woocommerce-1/trunk/class-yith-jetpack.php#L487
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