vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: woocommerce-payments: CVE-2023-28121: Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Mar 23, 2023 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 29, 2026 |
Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Mar 23, 2023
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 29, 2026
Description
The WooCommerce Payments plugin is vulnerable to authentication bypass via the determine_current_user_for_platform_checkout function. This allows unauthenticated attackers to impersonate arbitrary users and perform some actions as the impersonated user, which can lead to site takeover.
Solution
woocommerce-payments-plugin-cve-2023-28121
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28121
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/41cf57ff-421d-4db2-894f-17f2c4d4b9ed?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-31832
- CVE-2023-28121
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2023-28121
- CWE-287
- EUVD-EUVD-2023-31832
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