Unauthenticated settings modification via missing capability check
Published Feb 21, 2024 · Updated Apr 8, 2026
Missing authorization in GSheetConnector for WooCommerce 1.3.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to modify plugin settings. The execute_post_data function accepts unauthenticated requests and updates settings without checking a WordPress capability. No account or user interaction is required; exploitation changes connector configuration but has no reported data-disclosure or service-interruption impact.
Summary
What happened
Missing authorization in GSheetConnector for WooCommerce 1.3.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to modify plugin settings. The execute_post_data function accepts unauthenticated requests and updates settings without checking a WordPress capability. No account or user interaction is required; exploitation changes connector configuration but has no reported data-disclosure or service-interruption impact.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-1562
- Published
- Feb 21, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Vendor
- GSheetConnector
- Product
- GSheetConnector for WooCommerce
- Classifications
- CWE-862, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 21, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=1.3.11
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