Pricing Deals For WoocommerceWordPress extension · Varktech
CVE-2023-41240
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 Vark Pricing Deals for WooCommerce.This issue affects Pricing Deals for WooCommerce: from n/a through 2.0.3.2.
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 · high confidenceThis is a missing authorization vulnerability in the Vark Pricing Deals for WooCommerce plugin versions up to 2.0.3.2. The plugin fails to properly verify that users have appropriate permissions before performing certain actions, allowing authenticated users (potentially with low-privilege roles) to access functionality they should not be able to use.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Pricing Deals For WoocommerceWordPress extension
<= 2.0.3.2CVSS 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
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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 the plugin is installedCheck your WordPress installation for the Vark Pricing Deals for WooCommerce plugin in wp-content/plugins/ directory, or view it in Plugins > Instored Plugins in the WordPress admin dashboardAffected if The plugin is present in the installation
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Check the installed versionIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and find 'Varktech Pricing Deals For WooCommerce' to see the version number, or inspect the main plugin file for the 'Version' headerAffected if The version is 2.0.3.2 or lower (any version up to and including 2.0.3.2)
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Identify accessible plugin endpointsReview the plugin files (especially PHP files in the /includes or /admin directories) for AJAX handlers, admin pages, or front-end actions that perform privileged operations without current_user_can() checksAffected if The plugin contains functionality that processes requests without verifying user capabilities (this requires code review or testing)
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Test low-privilege user accessCreate or use a WordPress user account with a low-privilege role (e.g., Subscriber) and attempt to access plugin admin pages or trigger AJAX actions that should require administrator privilegesAffected if A low-privilege authenticated user can access or modify plugin settings or pricing rules they should not be able to modify
Your environment is affected if the Vark Pricing Deals for WooCommerce plugin is installed at version 2.0.3.2 or lower and low-privilege users can access privileged plugin functionality.
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 the plugin to the latest version which includes proper authorization checks. Alternatively, review the plugin code and add WordPress capability checks (current_user_can()) before executing privileged operations.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing6.0 h
- Review / QA4.0 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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-41240 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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