Missing AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-862

CVE-2025-31000

MEDIUM · 5.3 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-06-06
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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62/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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 · unedited
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Miguel Fuentes Payment QR WooCommerce payment-qr-woo allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Payment QR WooCommerce: from n/a through <= 1.1.6.

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 confidence

Missing authorization vulnerability in Payment QR WooCommerce plugin allows attackers to bypass access control checks due to incorrectly configured security levels, potentially enabling unauthorized actions on the WooCommerce payment system.

MitigationApply vendor patch/updates when available; until then, restrict admin access to trusted users and audit the plugin's admin actions and AJAX endpoints for proper capability checks and nonce validation.

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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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Verify Payment QR WooCommerce plugin is installed
    Navigate to WordPress admin > Plugins and locate 'Payment QR WooCommerce' or check via wp-cli: wp plugin list --name='payment-qr-woocommerce'
    Affected if The plugin is installed and active in the WooCommerce environment
  2. Determine installed plugin version
    In WordPress admin > Plugins, find the version number listed for Payment QR WooCommerce plugin; or via wp-cli: wp plugin get payment-qr-woocommerce --field=version
    Affected if Version cannot be determined or falls within any vulnerable version range (compare your installed version to any affected ranges published by the vendor)
  3. Inspect AJAX endpoints for missing capability checks
    Review plugin PHP files for admin-ajax.php handlers (look for add_action('wp_ajax_...') and add_action('wp_ajax_nopriv_...') hooks); verify that callbacks include current_user_can() or similar authorization checks before executing sensitive operations
    Affected if AJAX endpoints lack proper current_user_can() or capability validation checks
  4. Check payment-related functions for authorization
    Examine plugin files handling payment operations (look for functions processing payments, orders, or QR code generation); verify all such functions include authorization checks before executing
    Affected if Payment processing functions execute without verifying user permissions or capabilities
  5. Audit nonce validation on admin actions
    Search plugin code for admin action handlers and verify they include wp_verify_nonce() or check_admin_referer() calls before processing requests
    Affected if Admin actions or AJAX callbacks lack nonce verification, allowing CSRF attacks

If the Payment QR WooCommerce plugin is active and its AJAX endpoints or admin actions lack proper capability checks and nonce validation, the environment is affected by this missing authorization vulnerability.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Apply vendor patch/updates when available; until then, restrict admin access to trusted users and audit the plugin's admin actions and AJAX endpoints for proper capability checks and nonce validation.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Implementation6.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
14.0 hours of engineering $2,490
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