Oliver POS <= 2.4.2.6 - Unauthenticated Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key to 'OliverAuth' Header
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
The Oliver POS – A WooCommerce Point of Sale (POS) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in all versions up to and including 2.4.2.6. The plugin protects its entire /wp-json/pos-bridge/* REST API namespace through the oliver_pos_rest_authentication() permission callback, which uses a loose PHP comparison (==) to compare the attacker-supplied 'OliverAuth' header value against the 'oliver_pos_authorization_token' option. On fresh installations where the admin has not yet completed the connection flow, this option is unset (get_option returns false). Due to PHP's type juggling, the loose comparison '0' == false evaluates to true, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to bypass authentication by sending 'OliverAuth: 0'. This grants full access to all POS API endpoints, enabling attackers to read user data (including administrator details), update user profiles (including email addresses), and delete non-admin users. An admin account email reset can lead to site takeover.
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-2026-6072
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mqwc-jxpp-f3rj
References
Other 11
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ca6aa922-9c58-445c-b88a-3d1d1c95102c?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/oliver-pos/trunk/includes/class-pos-bridge.php#L1679
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/oliver-pos/tags/2.4.2.6/includes/class-pos-bridge.php#L1679
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/oliver-pos/trunk/includes/class-pos-bridge.php#L1677
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/oliver-pos/tags/2.4.2.6/includes/class-pos-bridge.php#L1677
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/oliver-pos/trunk/includes/class-pos-bridge-user.php#L170
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/oliver-pos/tags/2.4.2.6/includes/class-pos-bridge-user.php#L170
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/oliver-pos/trunk/includes/class-pos-bridge-user.php#L195
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/oliver-pos/tags/2.4.2.6/includes/class-pos-bridge-user.php#L195
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/oliver-pos/trunk/includes/class-pos-bridge-user.php#L231
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/oliver-pos/tags/2.4.2.6/includes/class-pos-bridge-user.php#L231
More oliverpos vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-12554 Oliver POS – A WooCommerce Point of Sale (POS) <= 2.4.2.3 - Sensitive Information Exposure to Privilege Escalation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-00647 Oliver POS – A WooCommerce Point of Sale (POS) <= 2.4.2.1 - Missing Authorization CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
- TI-2024-01820 Oliver POS – A WooCommerce Point of Sale (POS) <= 2.4.1.8 - Cross-Site Request Forgery CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-6072 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-6072 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mqwc-jxpp-f3rj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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