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CVE Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2023-2781
PUBLISHED
More InfoOfficial Page
Assigner-Wordfence
Assigner Org ID-b15e7b5b-3da4-40ae-a43c-f7aa60e62599
View Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) details
Published At-02 Jun, 2023 | 23:37
Updated At-08 Apr, 2026 | 17:32
Rejected At-
▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)
User Email Verification for WooCommerce <= 3.5.0 - Authentication Bypass

The User Email Verification for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass via authenticate_user_by_email in versions up to, and including, 3.5.0. This is due to a random token generation weakness in the resend_verification_email function. This allows unauthenticated attackers to impersonate users and trigger an email address verification for arbitrary accounts, including administrative accounts, and automatically be logged in as that user, including any site administrators. This requires the Allow Automatic Login After Successful Verification setting to be enabled, which it is not by default.

Affected Products
Vendor
sandeepsoni214
Product
User Email Verification for WooCommerce
Default Status
unaffected
Versions
Affected
  • From 0 through 3.5.0 (semver)
Problem Types
TypeCWE IDDescription
CWECWE-288CWE-288 Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
Type: CWE
CWE ID: CWE-288
Description: CWE-288 Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
Metrics
VersionBase scoreBase severityVector
3.18.1HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Version: 3.1
Base score: 8.1
Base severity: HIGH
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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finder
István Márton
Timeline
EventDate
Discovered2023-05-17 00:00:00
Vendor Notified2023-05-18 00:00:00
Disclosed2023-06-02 00:00:00
Event: Discovered
Date: 2023-05-17 00:00:00
Event: Vendor Notified
Date: 2023-05-18 00:00:00
Event: Disclosed
Date: 2023-06-02 00:00:00
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Rejected Reason

References
HyperlinkResource
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f1e31357-7fbc-414b-a4f4-53fa5f2fc715?source=cve
N/A
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woo-confirmation-email/tags/3.5.0/public/class-xlwuev-woocommerce-confirmation-email-public.php#L506
N/A
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woo-confirmation-email/tags/3.5.0/public/class-xlwuev-woocommerce-confirmation-email-public.php#L332
N/A
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woo-confirmation-email/tags/3.5.0/public/class-xlwuev-woocommerce-confirmation-email-public.php#L143
N/A
Hyperlink: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f1e31357-7fbc-414b-a4f4-53fa5f2fc715?source=cve
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woo-confirmation-email/tags/3.5.0/public/class-xlwuev-woocommerce-confirmation-email-public.php#L506
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woo-confirmation-email/tags/3.5.0/public/class-xlwuev-woocommerce-confirmation-email-public.php#L332
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woo-confirmation-email/tags/3.5.0/public/class-xlwuev-woocommerce-confirmation-email-public.php#L143
Resource: N/A
▼Authorized Data Publishers (ADP)
1. CVE Program Container
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HyperlinkResource
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f1e31357-7fbc-414b-a4f4-53fa5f2fc715?source=cve
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woo-confirmation-email/tags/3.5.0/public/class-xlwuev-woocommerce-confirmation-email-public.php#L506
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woo-confirmation-email/tags/3.5.0/public/class-xlwuev-woocommerce-confirmation-email-public.php#L332
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woo-confirmation-email/tags/3.5.0/public/class-xlwuev-woocommerce-confirmation-email-public.php#L143
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Hyperlink: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f1e31357-7fbc-414b-a4f4-53fa5f2fc715?source=cve
Resource:
x_transferred
Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woo-confirmation-email/tags/3.5.0/public/class-xlwuev-woocommerce-confirmation-email-public.php#L506
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Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woo-confirmation-email/tags/3.5.0/public/class-xlwuev-woocommerce-confirmation-email-public.php#L332
Resource:
x_transferred
Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woo-confirmation-email/tags/3.5.0/public/class-xlwuev-woocommerce-confirmation-email-public.php#L143
Resource:
x_transferred
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