CVE-2023-37870 HIGH

CVE-2023-37870: WordPress WooCommerce Warranty Requests plugin <= 2.1.9 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Vendor Woo

Product WooCommerce Warranty Requests

Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization

Published June 19, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

8.1/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required Low

User interaction None

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Woo WooCommerce Warranty Requests.This issue affects WooCommerce Warranty Requests: from n/a through 2.1.9.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

WooCommerce Warranty Requests fails to properly check user permissions before allowing access to warranty request data. A logged-in user with low privileges can read and modify warranty requests belonging to other customers or store administrators. The vulnerability affects versions up to 2.1.9 and requires only a valid user account to exploit.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Read and modify warranty requests belonging to other customers or administrators.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Customer warranty data and admin warranty records are exposed to unauthorized access and modification by any logged-in user.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have a valid user account on the site (low privilege level sufficient).

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

June 19, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37870 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html AskarLabs — CWE-862 write-up Missing Authorization

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