Missing authorization in YITH Essential Kit for WooCommerce #1
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The YITH Essential Kit for WooCommerce #1 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'activate_module', 'deactivate_module', and 'install_module' functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.34.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install, activate, and deactivate plugins from a pre-defined list of available YITH plugins.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-6799
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2w8v-rcqr-7wxj
References
Patch 3
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/yith-essential-kit-for-woocommerce-1/trunk/class-yith-jetpack.php#L425
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/yith-essential-kit-for-woocommerce-1/trunk/class-yith-jetpack.php#L457
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/yith-essential-kit-for-woocommerce-1/trunk/class-yith-jetpack.php#L487
Sources
- CVE-2024-6799 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-6799 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2w8v-rcqr-7wxj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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