WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

WooCommerce < 4.6.2 - Guest Account Creation

Description

Versions of WooCommerce prior to 4.6.2 contain a vulnerability that allows guest users to create accounts during checkout even when the "Allow customers to create an account during checkout" setting is disabled. This vulnerability is being exploited by a bot to place spam orders and create user accounts that are then used to probe for vulnerabilities in other plugins on the site.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 4.6.2

References

Classification

Type
ACCESS CONTROLS
CWE

Miscellaneous

Submitter
Ryan
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2020-11-06 (about 5 years ago)
Added
2020-11-06 (about 5 years ago)
Last Updated
2021-01-19 (about 4 years ago)

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