CVE-2024-0870
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 · uneditedThe YITH WooCommerce Gift Cards plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'save_mail_status' and 'save_email_settings' functions in all versions up to, and including, 4.12.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify WooCommerce settings.
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 confidenceThe YITH WooCommerce Gift Cards plugin lacks authorization checks on the save_mail_status and save_email_settings functions, allowing unauthenticated users to modify WooCommerce email settings via direct API calls. This is a Broken Access Control (BAC) vulnerability where WordPress capability checks are missing before executing sensitive configuration functions.
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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
- 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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Confirm YITH WooCommerce Gift Cards plugin is installedLog into WordPress admin dashboard and navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. Look for 'YITH WooCommerce Gift Cards' in the list of active plugins.Affected if The plugin is present and active in the WordPress installation.
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Identify installed plugin versionIn the WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins. Click on the plugin name 'YITH WooCommerce Gift Cards' to view the plugin details, or check the plugin file header in /wp-content/plugins/yith-woocommerce-gift-cards/init.php for the 'Version' comment.Affected if The installed version is lower than 4.13.0 (the vulnerable versions are those prior to 4.13.0).
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Verify vulnerable functions exist in plugin codeAccess the WordPress site files via FTP or file manager. Navigate to /wp-content/plugins/yith-woocommerce-gift-cards/ and search for the functions 'save_mail_status' and 'save_email_settings' in PHP files, particularly in includes/ or classes/ directories.Affected if These functions exist without capability checks (look for missing 'manage_options' or similar WordPress capability verification before executing).
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Check for exposed AJAX or REST API endpointsExamine the plugin's main init file and any AJAX handler files for registered actions like 'wp_ajax_save_mail_status' or 'wp_ajax_nopriv_save_mail_status' that lack capability checks. Also check if the plugin registers REST API routes for these functions.Affected if Endpoints are registered without requiring authentication or proper capability verification (no check for user logged-in status or manage_options capability).
A user is affected if the YITH WooCommerce Gift Cards plugin version is installed and is lower than 4.13.0, with the vulnerable save_mail_status or save_email_settings functions exposed without 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 dataUpgrade to version 4.13.0 or later which adds proper capability checks (manage_options) to the vulnerable functions. If immediate upgrade is not possible, consider restricting access to the affected endpoints via web server configuration.
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