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CVE-2023-3508: WooCommerce Pre-Orders < 2.0.3 - Unauthorised Actions via CSRF

The WooCommerce Pre-Orders WordPress plugin before 2.0.3 has a flawed CSRF check when processing its tab actions, which could allow attackers to make logged in admins email pre-orders customer, change the released date, mark all pre-orders of a specific product as complete or cancel via CSRF attacks

MediumCVSS 6.5Not KEV-listedUpdated
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Plain-English summary

CVE-2023-3508 affects the WooCommerce Pre-Orders WordPress plugin before 2.0.3. A malicious site could trick a logged-in WordPress admin into performing unwanted pre-order actions, including emailing customers, changing release dates, completing pre-orders, or cancelling pre-orders.

Executive priority

Treat as a moderate-priority ecommerce integrity risk. It does not expose data directly, but could disrupt customer communications and order handling if admins are targeted.

Technical view

The issue is a flawed CSRF check in WooCommerce Pre-Orders tab action processing. The CVSS 3.1 score is 6.5, with network attack vector, low complexity, no attacker privileges, required user interaction, and high integrity impact.

Likely exposure

Exposure is limited to WordPress sites using WooCommerce Pre-Orders versions before 2.0.3, where an authenticated administrator can be induced to interact with attacker-controlled content.

Exploitation context

The source bundle includes a WPScan reference tagged as exploit, but CISA KEV is false and no source here confirms active exploitation in the wild.

Researcher notes

Focus validation on plugin version and admin-triggered state changes. The available evidence describes CSRF against tab actions, not authentication bypass or remote unauthenticated execution without administrator interaction.

Mitigation direction

  • Upgrade WooCommerce Pre-Orders to version 2.0.3 or later.
  • Review vendor guidance for any additional hardening steps.
  • Limit WordPress administrator sessions to trusted devices and networks.
  • Avoid browsing untrusted sites while authenticated to WordPress admin.

Validation and detection

  • Inventory WordPress sites for the WooCommerce Pre-Orders plugin.
  • Confirm installed plugin versions are 2.0.3 or later.
  • Review pre-order audit history for unexpected bulk completions or cancellations.
  • Check for unexplained release date changes or customer emails.
Prepared
Confidence
high
Sources
3

Public sources used

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Potential ATT&CK relevance

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Severity
Medium
CVSS
6.5 (3.1)
Known Exploited
No
Published

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Official CVE source material

CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5

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1CVSS vectors
0Timeline events
0ADP providers
2Source links

CVSS vector scores

1 official score

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ScoreVersionSeverityVectorExploitImpactSource
6.5CVSS 3.1MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N2.83.6Primary CVE score

Vulnerability scoring details

Base CVSS 3.1 score

6.5Medium
CVSS 3.1 vector shape for CVE-2023-3508Attack VectorAttack ComplexityPrivileges RequiredUser InteractionScopeConfidentiality ImpactIntegrity ImpactAvailability Impact

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NetworkAdjacentLocalPhysical
Attack Complexity
LowHigh
Privileges Required
NoneLowHigh
User Interaction
NoneRequired
Scope
ChangedUnchanged
Confidentiality Impact
HighLowNone
Integrity Impact
HighLowNone
Availability Impact
HighLowNone

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Affected products

Products and packages named in the record

VendorProductVersion / packageStatus
UnknownWooCommerce Pre-Orders0unaffected
Weakness

CWE details

CWE-352

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Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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