CVE-2023-47789 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-47789: WordPress WooCommerce Canada Post Shipping Plugin <= 2.8.3 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Vendor Woocommerce

Product Canada Post Shipping Method

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published December 18, 2023

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

4.3/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in WooCommerce Canada Post Shipping Method.This issue affects Canada Post Shipping Method: from n/a through 2.8.3.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

The Canada Post Shipping Method plugin for WooCommerce versions up to 2.8.3 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF). An attacker can craft a malicious link or webpage that, when visited by a logged-in site administrator, performs unwanted actions on the shipping method settings without the administrator's knowledge or consent.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Trick an admin into modifying Canada Post shipping settings via a malicious link or page.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Shipping configuration could be altered, potentially disrupting order fulfillment or exposing sensitive carrier credentials.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Admin must visit attacker-controlled page while logged into WooCommerce.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

December 18, 2023 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-47789 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.html AskarLabs — CWE-352 write-up Cross-Site Request Forgery

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2023-47789

CWE CWE-352

CVSS 4.3 / MEDIUM

Affected versions