CVE-2023-28121
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 86.5% (pctl 100)
Patch early
EPSS 86.5% — above the 10% action threshold.
Description
An issue in WooCommerce Payments plugin for WordPress (versions 5.6.1 and lower) allows an unauthenticated attacker to send requests on behalf of an elevated user, like administrator. This allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to gain admin access on a site that has the affected version of the plugin activated.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 86.51% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-287 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2023-04-12 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| automattic | woocommerce payments |
| automattic | woopayments |
References
- https://developer.woocommerce.com/2023/03/23/critical-vulnerability-detected-in-woocommerce-payments-what-you-need-to-know/
- https://www.rcesecurity.com/2023/07/patch-diffing-cve-2023-28121-to-compromise-a-woocommerce/
- https://developer.woocommerce.com/2023/03/23/critical-vulnerability-detected-in-woocommerce-payments-what-you-need-to-know/
- https://www.rcesecurity.com/2023/07/patch-diffing-cve-2023-28121-to-compromise-a-woocommerce/
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