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WooCommerce - Authentication Bypass (CVE-2023-28121)

Published on12-04-2023
First seen on26-11-2024

35Exploiting IPs reported

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.

CrowdSec analysis

CVE-2023-28121 is a critical vulnerability in the WooCommerce Payments plugin for WordPress that allows unauthenticated attackers to impersonate elevated users, including administrators, enabling full site takeover.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 15th of December 2023.

Data from the CrowdSec community indicates that exploitation of CVE-2023-28121 is highly selective and intelligence-driven. Threat actors use advanced reconnaissance and carefully choose their targets, often as part of sophisticated campaigns or advanced persistent threat operations. In addition, according to the CrowdSec network, attack volume against CVE-2023-28121 has dipped slightly compared to the previous week. Although still commonly targeted, the decline suggests a cooling-off period. Long-term relevance remains, but attention is waning.

The exploits don't target a specific endpoint, instead the vulnerability is caused by a query parameter that can be attached to any request.

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