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CVE-2023-6979

Published: Jan 11, 2024

Modified: Apr 8, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

8.8

HIGH

Description

The Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the ivole_import_upload_csv AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 5.38.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

Vendor	Product	Versions
ivole	Customer Reviews for WooCommerce	affected `0 - <= 5.38.9`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4af801db-44a6-4cd3-bd1a-3125490c8c48?source=cve

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/customer-reviews-woocommerce/trunk/includes/import-export/class-cr-reviews-importer.php#L35

https://drive.proton.me/urls/K4R2HDQBS0#iuTPm3NqZEdz

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3018507%40customer-reviews-woocommerce&new=3018507%40customer-reviews-woocommerce&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3016708%40customer-reviews-woocommerce&new=3016708%40customer-reviews-woocommerce&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

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