CVE-2024-9189 (GCVE-0-2024-9189)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-09-28 02:04 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:21
VLAI?
Title
EU/UK VAT Manager for WooCommerce <= 2.12.12 - Missing Authorization
Summary
The EU/UK VAT Manager for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the alg_wc_eu_vat_exempt_vat_from_admin() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.12.12. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the VAT status for any order.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wpcodefactory EU/UK VAT Validation Manager for WooCommerce Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.12.12 (semver)
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Credits
Francesco Carlucci
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