{"id":"CVE-2024-9189","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"EU/UK VAT Manager for WooCommerce <= 2.12.12 - Missing Authorization","description":"The EU/UK VAT Manager for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the alg_wc_eu_vat_exempt_vat_from_admin() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.12.12. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the VAT status for any order.","publishedAt":"2024-09-28T02:04:29.505Z","updatedAt":"2026-04-08T17:21:18.446Z","severity":{"score":5.3,"label":"Medium","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","source":"Wordfence"},"assigner":"Wordfence","products":["wpcodefactory EU/UK VAT Validation Manager for WooCommerce"],"affected":[{"vendor":"wpcodefactory","product":"EU/UK VAT Validation Manager for WooCommerce","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"2.12.12","versionType":"semver"}]}],"references":["https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c6db680e-1fd4-420c-98f4-2b6dc5cf6781?source=cve","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/eu-vat-for-woocommerce/tags/2.12.12/includes/class-alg-wc-eu-vat-ajax.php#L285","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3158296/"],"weaknesses":["CWE-862"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:08:20.985Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2024/9xxx/CVE-2024-9189.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2024-9189","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2024-09-28T02:04:29.505Z","dateUpdated":"2026-04-08T17:21:18.446Z","assignerShortName":"Wordfence","assignerOrgId":"b15e7b5b-3da4-40ae-a43c-f7aa60e62599","dateReserved":"2024-09-25T20:38:53.861Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"EU/UK VAT Manager for WooCommerce <= 2.12.12 - Missing Authorization","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"The EU/UK VAT Manager for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the alg_wc_eu_vat_exempt_vat_from_admin() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.12.12. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the VAT status for any order."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"wpcodefactory","product":"EU/UK VAT Validation Manager for WooCommerce","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"2.12.12","versionType":"semver"}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c6db680e-1fd4-420c-98f4-2b6dc5cf6781?source=cve"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/eu-vat-for-woocommerce/tags/2.12.12/includes/class-alg-wc-eu-vat-ajax.php#L285"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3158296/"}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","baseScore":5.3,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM"}}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-862","lang":"en","description":"CWE-862 Missing Authorization","type":"CWE"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"Wordfence","orgId":"b15e7b5b-3da4-40ae-a43c-f7aa60e62599","dateUpdated":"2026-04-08T17:21:18.446Z"},"credits":[{"lang":"en","type":"finder","value":"Francesco Carlucci"}],"timeline":[{"time":"2024-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","lang":"en","value":"Disclosed"}]},"adp":[{"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment","affected":[{"vendor":"wpfactory","product":"eu\\/uk_vat_manager","defaultStatus":"unknown","versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"2.12.12","versionType":"custom"}],"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:wpfactory:eu\\/uk_vat_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"]}],"metrics":[{"other":{"type":"ssvc","content":{"timestamp":"2024-09-30T15:25:29.577281Z","id":"CVE-2024-9189","options":[{"Exploitation":"none"},{"Automatable":"yes"},{"Technical Impact":"partial"}],"role":"CISA Coordinator","version":"2.0.3"}}}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CISA-ADP","orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","dateUpdated":"2024-09-30T15:45:18.049Z"}}]}}}