WooCommerce - Social Login <= 2.7.3 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- 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-862.
Summary
The WooCommerce - Social Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'woo_slg_login_email' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the default role to Administrator while registering for an account.
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-2024-6636
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pcgf-phm5-g292
References
More WPWeb Woocommerce Social Login vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-06953 WooCommerce - Social Login <= 2.7.5 - Authentication Bypass to Account Takeover CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-05445 WooCommerce - Social Login <= 2.6.2 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-09376 Social Login - WordPress / WooCommerce Plugin <= 2.7.7 - Authentication Bypass via WordPress.com OAuth provider CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2024-06154 WooCommerce - Social Login <= 2.7.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via One-Time Password CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
- TI-2024-06152 WooCommerce - Social Login <= 2.7.3 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
- TI-2025-26214 WordPress WooCommerce Social Login plugin < 2.8.3 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-6636 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-6636 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pcgf-phm5-g292 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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