CVE-2018-20714

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    CVE-2018-20714

    Published: 15 Jan 2019Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The logging system of the Automattic WooCommerce plugin before 3.4.6 for WordPress is vulnerable to a File Deletion vulnerability. This allows deletion of woocommerce.php, which leads to certain privilege checks not being in place, and therefore a shop manager can escalate privileges to admin.

    References: https://blog.ripstech.com/2018/wordpress-design-flaw-leads-to-woocommerce-rce/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -87f2edbbe160b8668069c9f0def573d6baaa4b12

    Affected versions

    3.4.5
    3.4.4
    3.4.3
    3.4.2
    3.4.1
    3.4.0
    3.4.0-rc.1
    3.4.0-beta.2
    3.4.0-beta.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High