vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: hide-category-by-user-role-for-woocommerce: CVE-2024-56272: Missing Authorization
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Jan 3, 2025 | May 15, 2025 | May 5, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jan 3, 2025
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 5, 2026
Description
The Hide Category by User Role for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on a function in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to perform an unauthorized action.
Solution
hide-category-by-user-role-for-woocommerce-plugin-cve-2024-56272
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56272
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/613b2ef8-6749-42a2-a978-c96464ef7470?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2024-53069
- CVE-2024-56272
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2024-56272
- CWE-862
- EUVD-EUVD-2024-53069
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