Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce <= 2.9.5 - Authentication Bypass via Shortcode
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- 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-287.
Summary
The Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.5. This is due to the presence of a shortcode that will generate a confirmation link with a placeholder email. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to generate a verification link for any unverified user and log into the account. The 'Fine tune placement' option must be enabled in the plugin settings in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- 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-2024-13528
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ffhx-9g94-w22w
References
More WPFactory Customer Email Verification For Woocommerce vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-12566 Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce <= 2.9.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2024-13528 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-13528 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-ffhx-9g94-w22w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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