CVE-2023-37870
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 Woo WooCommerce Warranty Requests.This issue affects WooCommerce Warranty Requests: from n/a through 2.1.9.
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 confidenceThe WooCommerce Warranty Requests plugin versions through 2.1.9 lack proper authorization checks, allowing authenticated users to potentially access or modify warranty requests without sufficient permissions. This missing authorization could enable lower-privileged users to perform actions reserved for administrators or shop managers.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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 WooCommerce Warranty Requests plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin > Plugins and look for 'WooCommerce Warranty Requests' in the installed plugins list, or inspect the wp-content/plugins/ directory for a warranty folderAffected if The plugin is not found in the installed plugins list or filesystem
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Check the installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin > Plugins, click on the plugin to view its details and note the version number, or open the main plugin PHP file (typically warranty-requests.php) and check the 'Version' header in the plugin comment blockAffected if Version is 2.1.9 or lower (any version through 2.1.9)
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Confirm the plugin is activeIn WordPress admin > Plugins > Installed Plugins, verify that WooCommerce Warranty Requests shows 'Active' statusAffected if Plugin shows as Active - only active plugins can be exploited
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Identify user roles with warranty request accessNavigate to WooCommerce > Settings > Warranty Requests and review which user roles (such as Shop Manager, Customer, or custom roles) have permissions to manage warranty requestsAffected if Non-administrator roles (such as Shop Manager, Customer, or lower) have warranty request management permissions enabled
User is affected if the WooCommerce Warranty Requests plugin is installed, active, and running version 2.1.9 or lower with non-administrator user roles having warranty request permissions.
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 dataUpdate to the latest version of the WooCommerce Warranty Requests plugin when a patched release becomes available. Until then, restrict user access to only trusted personnel and monitor for unauthorized warranty request modifications.
- Consultation3.0 h
- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-37870 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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