Vulnerability report

Exploited in the wild High confidence Not in CISA KEV

CVE-2023-3162

Stripe Payment Plugin for WooCommerce Authentication Bypass

Webtoffee / Stripe Payment Plugin for WooCommerce · * to <= 3.7.7

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Severity
CVSS 9.8 · Critical
Confidence
High
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
1.2%
First observed
—
Last observed
—

Decision summary

What security teams need to know first

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What it is

CVE-2023-3162 is an unauthenticated vulnerability affecting Webtoffee Stripe Payment Plugin for WooCommerce. The Stripe Payment Plugin for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in...

Is it exploited?

Yes. Previdian tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is high. Also confirmed by third-party sources.

Who is affected?

Webtoffee / Stripe Payment Plugin for WooCommerce * to <= 3.7.7.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

Stripe Payment Plugin for WooCommerce Authentication Bypass

The Stripe Payment Plugin for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 3.7.7. This is due to insufficient verification on the user being supplied during a Stripe checkout through the plugin.

This allows unauthenticated attackers to log in as users who have orders, who are typically customers.

webtoffee Affected
Stripe Payment Plugin for WooCommerce
Through 3.7.7
Published
31 Aug 2023
Exploitation Reported
01 Aug 2023
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None

Tags

wordpress

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Why Previdian marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

Wordfence

Recorded 01 Aug 2023

A trusted third party reported exploitation.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
Wordfence First 2023-08-01 07:50 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
User-Agents
Callback hosts
0
0
0

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Scanner coverage

No scanner integrations recorded yet.

Virtual patch status

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No detection artifacts or sensor request patterns are available for this CVE yet.

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Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.1

9.8 Critical

Potential damage if exploited. Separate from whether attackers are using it.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

1.2%

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Previdian's warning comes from evidence, not this score.

Weaknesses

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel CWE-288

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. 05:33 UTC

    CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  2. 07:50 UTC

    Added to Previdian KEV Feed

    High-confidence, third-party attested exploitation

  3. 12:39 UTC

    CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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Sample API response 
{
  "cve_id": "CVE-2023-3162",
  "confidence": "High",
  "cvss_score": 9.8,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.0119,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}