CVE Catalog

CVE-2023-3459

HighCVSS 7.2
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.72%

49th percentile - higher than 49% of all known CVEs

Summary

The Export and Import Users and Customers plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized data modification due to a missing capability check on the 'hf_update_customer' function called via an AJAX action in versions up to and including 2.4.1.

Risk Assessment

Authenticated attackers with shop manager-level permissions can change user passwords, potentially leading to administrator account takeover.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the plugin to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and implement additional permission checks.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The Export and Import Users and Customers plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'hf_update_customer' function called via an AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 2.4.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with shop manager-level permissions to change user passwords and potentially take over administrator accounts.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS