CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-20714
8.1 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-01-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
Description
The logging system of the Automattic WooCommerce plugin before 3.4.6 for WordPress is vulnerable to a File Deletion vulnerability. This allows deletion of woocommerce.php, which leads to certain privilege checks not being in place, and therefore a shop manager can escalate privileges to admin.
Affected configurations
• woocommerce woocommerce (< 3.4.6)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- https://blog.ripstech.com/2018/wordpress-design-flaw-leads-to-woocommerce-rce/ Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.ripstech.com/2018/wordpress-design-flaw-leads-to-woocommerce-rce/ Third Party Advisory