What the vulnerability does
01Description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Marco Almeida | Webdados Taxonomy/Term and Role based Discounts for WooCommerce taxonomy-discounts-woocommerce allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Taxonomy/Term and Role based Discounts for WooCommerce: from n/a through <= 5.1.
Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms
02Summary
The Taxonomy/Term and Role based Discounts for WooCommerce plugin through version 5.1 lacks proper authorization checks on certain functions. An attacker can trigger a denial-of-service condition by making a user visit a malicious link. The plugin does not verify user permissions before processing requests, allowing unauthorized actions.
What an attacker can do
03Attacker Capabilities
Make the site temporarily unavailable by triggering resource exhaustion through a malicious link.
Potential impact on your site
04Site Impact
Your WooCommerce site may become unresponsive if users are tricked into visiting attacker-controlled pages.
Conditions required to exploit
05Prerequisites
The victim must click a link or visit a page controlled by the attacker; no authentication required.
Key dates
06Disclosure timeline
January 24, 2025
CVE published
May 11, 2026
Record updated