WooCommerce Order Status Change Notifier <= 1.1.0 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Order Status Update
Priority MEDIUM 62Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The WooCommerce Order Status Change Notifier WordPress plugin through 1.1.0 does not have authorisation and CSRF when updating status orders via an AJAX action available to any authenticated users, which could allow low privilege users such as subscriber to update arbitrary order status, making them paid without actually paying for them for example
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00337 27th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | WooCommerce Order Status Change Notifier | up to 1.1.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- WooCommerce Order Status Change Notifier VendorUnknown Affected up to 1.1.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:woocommerce:woocommerce_order_status_change_notifier:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | up to 1.1.0 | Vulnerable | WooCommerce |
- cpe:2.3:a:woocommerce:woocommerce_order_status_change_notifier:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 1.1.0 Vulnerable ·WooCommerce
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-2179
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g88r-m2f6-9q79
References
Sources
- CVE-2023-2179 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-2179 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g88r-m2f6-9q79 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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