Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce <= 2.9.5 — Authentication Bypass via Shortcode
CVE-2024-13528Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.9.5Update to 2.9.6 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.5
- CVSS
- 7.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:HAttack complexity- High
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce emails-verification-for-woocommerce
- Affected≤ 2.9.5
- Patched in2.9.6
Update to 2.9.6 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.9.5. Version 2.9.6 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 2.9.6, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to wesley (wcraft).
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.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce
All 7| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High8.1 | Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to 'alg_wc_ev_verify_email' Parameter ≤3.3.0Update to 3.3.1 | CVE-2026-104745 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation <3.2.6Update to 3.2.6 | CVE-2026-14182 | |
| Medium6.5 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure ≤2.9.4Update to 2.9.5 | CVE-2024-13525 | |
| High7.5 | Unauthenticated SQL Injection ≤2.8.10Update to 2.9.0 | CVE-2024-49305 | |
| High8.1 | Email Verification and Authentication Bypass due to Insufficient Randomness ≤2.7.4Update to 2.7.5 | CVE-2024-4185 |
- High8.1Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to 'alg_wc_ev_verify_email' Parameter
≤3.3.0Update to 3.3.1
- Critical9.8Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
<3.2.6Update to 3.2.6
- Medium6.5Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure
≤2.9.4Update to 2.9.5
- High7.5Unauthenticated SQL Injection
≤2.8.10Update to 2.9.0
- High8.1Email Verification and Authentication Bypass due to Insufficient Randomness
≤2.7.4Update to 2.7.5
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
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