CVE-2024-32691
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 realmag777 Active Products Tables for WooCommerce.This issue affects Active Products Tables for WooCommerce: from n/a through 1.0.6.2.
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 · moderate confidenceMissing authorization vulnerability in the Active Products Tables for WooCommerce plugin allows users to access or modify product table data without proper permission verification. The plugin fails to implement adequate capability checks before allowing access to sensitive product table operations, potentially enabling unauthorized users to view or manipulate product data they should not have access to.
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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
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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 plugin installationCheck if Active Products Tables for WooCommerce plugin is present in WordPress by inspecting wp-content/plugins/ directory or viewing installed plugins in WordPress admin under Plugins > Installed PluginsAffected if The plugin is not listed in installed plugins
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Determine installed versionAccess the plugin file (e.g., active-products-tables-for-woocommerce.php) and locate the Version header in the plugin comment block, or view the version in WordPress admin plugin listAffected if Unable to determine version or version is unknown
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Verify AJAX endpoint exposureInspect plugin PHP files for wp_ajax_ and wp_ajax_nopriv_ hooks that handle product table data operations (e.g., product table retrieval, updates, or deletions)Affected if AJAX endpoints exist that handle product table operations without visible capability checks like current_user_can()
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Check for capability checks in AJAX handlersReview the callback functions registered to AJAX hooks by searching for current_user_can(), check_admin_referer(), or similar authorization functions within the plugin codeAffected if AJAX handlers lack proper capability verification before processing requests
If the Active Products Tables for WooCommerce plugin is installed and its AJAX endpoints process requests without verifying user capabilities, the environment is affected by this authorization bypass.
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 (e.g., current_user_can()) on all product table AJAX endpoints and direct requests. Update to the latest patched version if available, or add authorization validation to all functions that handle product table data.
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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-2024-32691 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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