Woocommerce StripeWordPress extension · Automattic
CVE-2023-51502
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 · uneditedAuthorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in WooCommerce WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway.This issue affects WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway: from n/a through 7.6.1.
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 confidenceThis is an Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in the WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway plugin. The flaw allows attackers to manipulate a key parameter (likely an object ID or reference) to bypass authorization checks and access unauthorized functionality or data within the payment processing workflow.
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
Woocommerce StripeWordPress extension
<= 7.6.1CVSS 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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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Identify the installed plugin versionNavigate to WordPress admin > Plugins > WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway and locate the version number displayed next to the plugin name, or query the plugin header via wp-content/plugins/woocommerce-gateway-stripe/readme.txt or the plugin's main PHP fileAffected if The displayed version is 7.6.1 or lower
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Verify the Stripe payment gateway is activeIn WordPress admin, go to WooCommerce > Settings > Payments and confirm the Stripe payment method is enabledAffected if Stripe gateway is enabled and the version is 7.6.1 or lower
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Confirm payment processing capabilityCheck that the site is configured to process live or test mode Stripe payments through WooCommerce - inspect WooCommerce > Settings > Payments > Stripe settingsAffected if The gateway is configured with active API credentials (live or test mode) and the version is 7.6.1 or lower
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Review access logs for suspicious payment API requestsExamine web server access logs or WordPress audit logs for unusual GET or POST requests to Stripe payment endpoints that include unexpected or manipulated ID parametersAffected if Unexpected parameters in payment-related requests are observed and the plugin version is 7.6.1 or lower
The environment is affected if the WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway plugin version is 7.6.1 or lower and the payment gateway is active and processing payment requests.
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 WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway plugin to version 7.6.1 or later. Review and enforce proper authorization validation on all user-controlled parameters before processing payment-related operations.
Fix this in Woocommerce Stripe
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-2023-51502 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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