PayU CommercePro Plugin <= 3.8.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
28Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 9.8epss 0.7%
exploitation probability
0.7%top 47% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
The PayU CommercePro Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.3. This is due to /wp-json/payu/v1/generate-user-token and /wp-json/payu/v1/get-shipping-cost REST API endpoints not properly verifying a user's identity prior to setting the users ID and auth cookies. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create new administrative user accounts.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
payuplugin · PayU CommercePro PluginReferences
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payu-india/tags/3.8.3/includes/class-payu-shipping-tax-api-calculation.php#L187https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3217148%40payu-india&new=3217148%40payu-india&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bf037e4a-2dd7-4296-b86b-635901d2d68f?source=cve