CVE-2023-2781 is an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting the User Email Verification for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress, specifically versions up to and including 3.5.0. The flaw stems from a weak random token generation in the resend_verification_email function. This allows unauthenticated attackers to impersonate users, including administrators, and gain unauthorized access if the "Allow Automatic Login After Successful Verification" setting is enabled. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wisetr:user_email_verification_for_woocommerce:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.