Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2022-4935 affects the WCFM Marketplace WordPress plugin used with WooCommerce. A low-privileged logged-in user could perform administrative marketplace actions, including changing products, shipping settings, deleting posts, and potentially escalating privileges. For ecommerce sites, this can threaten storefront integrity, customer trust, and operations.
Executive priority
Treat as urgent for ecommerce or marketplace sites because a basic logged-in user could alter business-critical store data or escalate privileges. Prioritize internet-facing stores with customer registration enabled.
Technical view
The issue is missing capability checks across multiple WCFM Marketplace AJAX actions in versions up to and including 3.4.11. The CVSS 3.1 score is 8.8, with network access, low privileges, no user interaction, and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. The bundle lists CWE-89, though the described behavior is authorization failure.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely on WordPress/WooCommerce sites running WCFM Marketplace version 3.4.11 or older, especially where subscriber or customer account creation is enabled. The provided affected-product metadata is incomplete, so plugin inventory is required.
Exploitation context
The provided bundle does not show active exploitation, and KEV status is false. However, the attack requires only an authenticated low-privilege account, which is common on ecommerce and marketplace sites.
Researcher notes
Focus review on missing capability checks in WCFM AJAX handlers, especially actions affecting shipping, products, posts, and vendor store state. Do not assume the listed CWE fully describes the root cause; the description points to authorization failure.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory all WordPress sites for WCFM Marketplace installation and version.
- Check vendor or WordPress plugin guidance for the fixed release.
- Update affected installations once the vendor-confirmed fixed version is identified.
- Restrict or review low-privilege account creation until remediation is complete.
- Back up the site before updating production plugins.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether WCFM Marketplace is installed and version is 3.4.11 or older.
- Review WordPress roles for unexpected administrator, vendor, or elevated accounts.
- Audit recent product, shipping, and post changes for unauthorized modifications.
- Review WordPress and web logs for suspicious authenticated AJAX activity.
- Confirm the updated plugin version after remediation.
Public sources used
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CWE-89: Database access and collection lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 8.8 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H2.85.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
8.8HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/85730e9b-c5da-473c-a324-891c5c9f7ba3?source=cveCVE reference
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2630696%40wc-multivendor-marketplace&new=2630696%40wc-multivendor-marketplace&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=CVE reference
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CWE details
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