CVE-2023-4040

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-08-18 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The Stripe Payment Plugin for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the eh_callback_handler function in versions up to, and including, 3.7.9. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the order status of arbitrary WooCommerce orders.

Affected products

themehigh Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce: before 3.8.0 — fixed in 3.8.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: themehigh Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce 3.8.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2954934/
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ef543c61-2acc-4b72-81ff-883960d4c7c3?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2954934/
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ef543c61-2acc-4b72-81ff-883960d4c7c3?source=cve

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