XPlainer – WooCommerce Product FAQ [WooCommerce Accordion FAQ Plugin] <= 1.7.0 — Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Settings Update
CVE-2024-5704Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.7.0Update to 1.7.1 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium4.3
- CVSS
- 4.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Happy FAQs – FAQ, Product FAQ & Help Center faq-for-woocommerce
- Affected≤ 1.7.0
- Patched in1.7.1
Update to 1.7.1 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.7.0. Version 1.7.1 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Happy FAQs – FAQ, Product FAQ & Help Center.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 1.7.1, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Happy FAQs – FAQ, Product FAQ & Help Center to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Lucio Sá.
The XPlainer – WooCommerce Product FAQ [WooCommerce Accordion FAQ Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on several functions (i.e. ffw_insert_new_faq, ffw_hide_discount_notice, ffw_delete_all_faqs, ffw_delete_single_faq, etc...) in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to add new and update existing FAQs, FAQ lists, and modify FAQ associations with products.
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
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All 5| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.4 | Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤1.7.0Update to 1.7.1 | CVE-2024-5669 | |
| Medium6.1 | WooCommerce Product FAQ <= 1.6.3 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ≤1.6.3Update to 1.6.4 | CVE-2024-37515 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization via handle_optin_optout ≤4.1.2Update to 4.1.3 | CVE-2024-32110 | |
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get ≤1.9.2No patch available | CVE-2023-33999 |
- Medium6.4Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤1.7.0Update to 1.7.1
- Medium6.1WooCommerce Product FAQ <= 1.6.3 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
≤1.6.3Update to 1.6.4
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization via handle_optin_optout
≤4.1.2Update to 4.1.3
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get
≤1.9.2No patch available
Same weakness (Missing Authorization)
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 4.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
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- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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