Customer Reviews for WooCommerce <= 5.38.9 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Upload
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-434.
Summary
The Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the ivole_import_upload_csv AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 5.38.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-6979
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rhj4-7w3q-vf4p
References
Patch 2
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3018507%40customer-reviews-woocommerce&new=3018507%40customer-reviews-woocommerce&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3016708%40customer-reviews-woocommerce&new=3016708%40customer-reviews-woocommerce&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
More ivole Customer Reviews For Woocommerce vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-00076 Customer Reviews for WooCommerce < 5.16.0 - Contributor+ LFI CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-00075 Customer Reviews for WooCommerce < 5.17.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2022-19061 WordPress Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin <= 5.3.5 - Sensitive Information Disclosure vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2022-17838 WordPress Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin <= 5.3.5 - Authenticated Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-18093 WordPress Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin <= 5.3.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-00966 Customer Reviews for WooCommerce <= 5.38.10 - Improper Authorization via submit_review CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2023-6979 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-6979 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rhj4-7w3q-vf4p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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