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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-2382
CVE-2024-2382:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Authorize.net Payment Gateway For WooCommerce plugin for WordPress (CVE-2024-2382) contains a payment bypass vulnerability affecting all versions up to and including 8.0. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on June 4, 2024, by security researcher Lucio Sá (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from the plugin's failure to properly verify the authenticity of requests that update order payment statuses. This security flaw has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.3 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N (Wordfence).
Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to bypass payment processing by updating order payment statuses to 'paid' without actually completing any payment transaction (NVD).
Exploitability
The vulnerability can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers with network access, requiring no user interaction or special privileges (Wordfence).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users are advised to update their Authorize.net Payment Gateway For WooCommerce plugin to a version newer than 8.0 to address this vulnerability (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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