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CVE-2024-0617: Category Discount Woocommerce <= 4.12 - Missing Authorization via wpcd_save_discount()

• 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: 2024-01-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Category Discount Woocommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the wpcd_save_discount() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.12. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify product category discounts that could lead to loss of revenue.

Affected products

• vidishp Simple Discount Rules for Woocommerce: before 4.13 — fixed in 4.13

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: vidishp Simple Discount Rules for Woocommerce 4.13. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woo-product-category-discount/trunk/cd-admin.php#L171
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3026242%40woo-product-category-discount&new=3026242%40woo-product-category-discount&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/996b44bb-d1e0-4f82-b8ee-a98b0ae994f9?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woo-product-category-discount/trunk/cd-admin.php#L171
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3026242%40woo-product-category-discount&new=3026242%40woo-product-category-discount&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/996b44bb-d1e0-4f82-b8ee-a98b0ae994f9?source=cve

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