CVE-2022-44633
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in YITH YITH WooCommerce Gift Cards Premium.This issue affects YITH WooCommerce Gift Cards Premium: from n/a through 3.23.1.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceMissing Authorization vulnerability in YITH WooCommerce Gift Cards Premium allows users to bypass access controls and perform actions they should not have permissions for. The plugin fails to properly validate user capabilities before executing sensitive functions related to gift card management.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify YITH WooCommerce Gift Cards Premium is installedCheck for the plugin directory at wp-content/plugins/yith-woocommerce-gift-cards-premium/ or view the installed plugins in WordPress admin under PluginsAffected if the plugin is present in the WordPress installation
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Identify the installed plugin versionOpen the main plugin file (typically yith-woocommerce-gift-cards-premium.php) and locate the version header comment, or check the Plugins page in WordPress adminAffected if the version is lower than the patched version (compare against the latest version available from YITH)
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Test for unauthorized gift card management accessAs a low-privilege user (subscriber or customer role), attempt to access gift card creation, modification, or deletion functions that should require administrator or shop manager capabilitiesAffected if the action succeeds without proper capability verification, indicating the authorization bypass is present
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Inspect the plugin source for capability checksExamine the PHP files handling gift card operations (particularly in includes/ or classes/ directories) and verify if current_user_can() or similar WordPress capability checks are present before sensitive operationsAffected if no capability checks are found before gift card management functions
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Review user role permissionsCreate a test user with a minimal role (e.g., Subscriber) and attempt to access endpoints related to gift card management via direct URL access or API callsAffected if the minimal user can perform gift card operations that should be restricted to administrators
A user is affected if YITH WooCommerce Gift Cards Premium is installed and low-privilege users can access or modify gift card functions without proper authorization checks.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement proper WordPress capability checks and authorization validation on all sensitive endpoints and functions within the plugin. Update to the latest version if available.
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