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CVE-2023-28121: An issue in WooCommerce Payments plugin for WordPress (versions 5.6.1 and lower) allows an unauthenticated attacker to send requests on behalf of an elevated user, like administrator. This allows a re

critical Affects woocommerce-payments (WordPress plugin), woopayments (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.3, updated 2026-10-29; published ; advisory modified .

An issue in WooCommerce Payments plugin for WordPress (versions 5.6.1 and lower) allows an unauthenticated attacker to send requests on behalf of an elevated user, like administrator. This allows a re

Package
woocommerce-payments (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
>=4.8.0 and <4.8.2 or >=5.0.0 and <5.0.4 or >=5.1.0 and <5.1.3 or >=5.2.0 and <5.2.2 or >=5.5.0 and <5.5.2
Fixed in
4.8.2, 5.0.4, 5.1.3, 5.2.2, 5.5.2
Severity
critical  CVSS 9.8
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 87% (99.8th percentile)
Published
2023-04-12
Source
nvd

References

An issue in WooCommerce Payments plugin for WordPress (versions 5.6.1 and lower) allows an unauthenticated attacker to send requests on behalf of an elevated user, like administrator. This allows a re

Package
woopayments (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
>=5.6.0 and <5.6.2 or =4.9.0 or =5.3.0 or =5.4.0
Fixed in
5.6.2
Severity
critical  CVSS 9.8
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 87% (99.8th percentile)
Published
2023-04-12
Source
nvd

References

CWE-287
NVD recordwoocommerce-payments (WordPress plugin) advisorieswoopayments (WordPress plugin) advisories

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