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CRITICAL
CVE-2023-28121
WooCommerce Payments Unauthenticated RCE Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

April 12, 2023, 9:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Dec. 18, 2023, 3:22 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2023-28121 has a 8 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-28121 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Automattic woocommerce_payments
2 Automattic woopayments
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2023-28121.

URL Resource
https://developer.woocommerce.com/2023/03/23/critical-vulnerability-detected-in-woocommerce-payments-what-you-need-to-know/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.rcesecurity.com/2023/07/patch-diffing-cve-2023-28121-to-compromise-a-woocommerce/

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Python

Updated: 1 year ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 3, 2023, 10:02 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Python 2.7

Python

Updated: 1 year ago
0 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Nov. 3, 2023, 1:19 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

PoC. Severity critical.

Shell Ruby Python PHP

Updated: 1 year, 3 months ago
0 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Aug. 10, 2023, 8:31 p.m. This repo has been linked 18 different CVEs too.

PoC. Severity critical.

cve-2023-1671 cve-2023-27350 cve-2023-2868 cve-2023-3519 cve-2023-34960 exploit poc cve-2023-28121 cve-2023-28771 cve-2023-35885 cve-2023-38646 cve-2023-34124 citrix sonicwall cve-2023-4596 cve-2023-26469 cve-2023-23333 ivanti cve-2023-40044 cve-2023-22515

Shell Python Ruby PHP

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
67 stars 17 fork 17 watcher
Born at : Aug. 5, 2023, 11:02 a.m. This repo has been linked 38 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 year, 3 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 23, 2023, 10:38 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

CVE-2023-28121 - WooCommerce Payments < 5.6.2 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation [ Mass Add Admin User ]

Python

Updated: 1 year, 4 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 12, 2023, 6:04 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

CVE-2023-28121 - WooCommerce Payments < 5.6.2 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation [ Mass Add Admin User ]

exploit mass python woocommerce woocommerce-payment wordpresss cve-2023-28121

Python

Updated: 4 months, 4 weeks ago
12 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : July 12, 2023, 2:41 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

WooCommerce Payments: Unauthorized Admin Access Exploit

Python

Updated: 6 months, 1 week ago
39 stars 13 fork 13 watcher
Born at : March 30, 2023, 11:50 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2023-28121 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • BleepingComputer
Google: 70% of exploited flaws disclosed in 2023 were zero-days

Google Mandiant security analysts warn of a worrying new trend of threat actors demonstrating a better capability to discover and exploit zero-day vulnerabilities in software. Specifically, of the 138 ... Read more

Published Date: Oct 16, 2024 (1 month ago)
  • Help Net Security
Defenders must adapt to shrinking exploitation timelines

A new report from Mandiant reveals that the average time-to-exploit vulnerabilities before or after a patch is released has plunged to just five days in 2023, down from 32 days in 2021 in 2022. One re ... Read more

Published Date: Oct 16, 2024 (1 month ago)
  • Google Cloud
How Low Can You Go? An Analysis of 2023 Time-to-Exploit Trends

Written by: Casey Charrier, Robert Weiner Mandiant analyzed 138 vulnerabilities that were disclosed in 2023 and that we tracked as exploited in the wild. Consistent with past analyses, the majority (9 ... Read more

Published Date: Oct 15, 2024 (1 month, 1 week ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-28121 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 03, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.rcesecurity.com/2023/07/patch-diffing-cve-2023-28121-to-compromise-a-woocommerce/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 21, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://developer.woocommerce.com/2023/03/23/critical-vulnerability-detected-in-woocommerce-payments-what-you-need-to-know/ No Types Assigned https://developer.woocommerce.com/2023/03/23/critical-vulnerability-detected-in-woocommerce-payments-what-you-need-to-know/ Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-287
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:automattic:woocommerce_payments:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions from (including) 4.8.0 up to (excluding) 4.8.2 *cpe:2.3:a:automattic:woocommerce_payments:4.9.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:automattic:woocommerce_payments:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions from (including) 5.0.0 up to (excluding) 5.0.4 *cpe:2.3:a:automattic:woocommerce_payments:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions from (including) 5.1.0 up to (excluding) 5.1.3 *cpe:2.3:a:automattic:woocommerce_payments:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions from (including) 5.2.0 up to (excluding) 5.2.2 *cpe:2.3:a:automattic:woocommerce_payments:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:automattic:woocommerce_payments:5.4.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:automattic:woocommerce_payments:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions from (including) 5.5.0 up to (excluding) 5.5.2 *cpe:2.3:a:automattic:woocommerce_payments:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions from (including) 5.6.0 up to (excluding) 5.6.2
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2023-28121 is associated with the following CWEs:

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

92.98 }} 0.25%

score

0.99141

percentile

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