WordPress plugin
Responsive Tabs with WooCommerce Product Tab Extension <= 3.5.4 — Unauthenticated Arbitrary Option Update
f8698529-4c55-45ad-a0c2-5f1d01944bf0Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <3.6.0Update to 3.6.0 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Critical9.8
- CVSS
- 9.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-285 Improper Authorization
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Tabs – Responsive Tabs with WooCommerce Product Tab Extension vc-tabs
- Affected< 3.6.0
- Patched in3.6.0
Update to 3.6.0 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 3.6.0. Version 3.6.0 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Tabs – Responsive Tabs with WooCommerce Product Tab Extension.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 3.6.0, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Tabs – Responsive Tabs with WooCommerce Product Tab Extension to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence.
The Responsive Tabs with WooCommerce Product Tab Extension plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to missing capability checks in versions up to, and including, 3.5.4. As a result, unauthenticated users could update arbitrary options.
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 4| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium4.4 | Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤4.0.6No patch available | CVE-2024-37120 | |
| High7.2 | Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤3.7.1Update to 3.7.2 | CVE-2022-40215 | |
| High7.2 | Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary Options Update ≤3.6.0Update to 3.7.0 | CVE-2022-36375 |
- Medium4.4Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤4.0.6No patch available
- High7.2Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤3.7.1Update to 3.7.2
- High7.2Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary Options Update
≤3.6.0Update to 3.7.0
Timeline
CVE published
Severity critical, CVSS 9.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.