CVE-2024-38702
📋 TL;DR
This CVE describes a missing authorization vulnerability in the Product Delivery Date for WooCommerce Lite plugin that allows attackers to access functionality not properly constrained by access controls. Attackers can perform actions they shouldn't be authorized to perform, potentially modifying delivery settings or accessing restricted data. This affects all WordPress sites using the vulnerable plugin versions.
💻 Affected Systems
- Product Delivery Date for WooCommerce – Lite
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could modify delivery settings, disrupt order fulfillment, access customer delivery information, or potentially chain with other vulnerabilities for more severe impact.
Likely Case
Unauthorized users modifying delivery date settings, accessing delivery-related data they shouldn't see, or causing minor disruption to order processing.
If Mitigated
Proper access controls prevent unauthorized access, limiting impact to legitimate administrative actions only.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires some level of access but bypasses authorization checks. No public exploit code identified.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 2.7.3 or later
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel
2. Go to Plugins → Installed Plugins
3. Find 'Product Delivery Date for WooCommerce – Lite'
4. Click 'Update Now' if update available
5. If no update available, download version 2.7.3+ from WordPress repository
6. Deactivate old version, upload new version, activate
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Plugin
allTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched
wp plugin deactivate product-delivery-date-for-woocommerce-lite
Restrict Admin Access
linuxLimit WordPress admin access to trusted IP addresses only
# Add to .htaccess for Apache:
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from 192.168.1.0/24
Allow from 10.0.0.0/8
# Add to nginx config:
location /wp-admin {
allow 192.168.1.0/24;
allow 10.0.0.0/8;
deny all;
}
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict access controls and monitor for unauthorized access attempts
- Use web application firewall rules to block suspicious requests to plugin endpoints
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check plugin version in WordPress admin under Plugins → Installed Plugins. If version is 2.7.2 or lower, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get product-delivery-date-for-woocommerce-lite --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is 2.7.3 or higher. Test authorization controls by attempting unauthorized actions with test accounts.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unauthorized access attempts to plugin admin endpoints
- Multiple failed authorization attempts from single IP
- Unusual delivery setting changes from non-admin users
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to /wp-admin/admin.php?page=product-delivery-date-for-woocommerce from unauthorized IPs
- POST requests to plugin endpoints without proper authentication
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("product-delivery-date" OR "delivery_date") AND ("unauthorized" OR "403" OR "admin.php")