CVE-2023-51499 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-51499: WordPress WooCommerce Shipping Per Product plugin <= 2.5.4 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Vendor Woocommerce

Product WooCommerce Shipping Per Product

Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization

Published April 12, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

4.3/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required Low

User interaction None

Confidentiality Low

Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in WooCommerce WooCommerce Shipping Per Product.This issue affects WooCommerce Shipping Per Product: from n/a through 2.5.4.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

WooCommerce Shipping Per Product versions up to 2.5.4 lack proper authorization checks, allowing authenticated users with low privileges to read sensitive shipping configuration data. An attacker with a basic user account can access shipping settings they should not be able to view. This affects the confidentiality of shipping information but does not allow modification or deletion.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Read shipping configuration data they should not have access to.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Customer or subscriber accounts can view sensitive shipping settings meant for administrators only.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have a low-privilege authenticated account on the site.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

April 12, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-51499 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html AskarLabs — CWE-862 write-up Missing Authorization

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2023-51499

CWE CWE-862

CVSS 4.3 / MEDIUM

Affected versions