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CVE-2024-8290: WCFM – Frontend Manager for WooCommerce along with Bookings Subscription Listings Compatible <= 6.7.12 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Account Takeover/Privilege Escalation

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-09-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-639

Description

The WCFM – Frontend Manager for WooCommerce along with Bookings Subscription Listings Compatible plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 6.7.12 via the WCFM_Customers_Manage_Controller::processing function due to missing validation on the ID user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber/customer-level access and above, to change the email address of administrator user accounts which allows them to reset the password and access the administrator account.

Affected products

• wclovers WCFM – Frontend Manager for WooCommerce: before 6.7.13 — fixed in 6.7.13

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: wclovers WCFM – Frontend Manager for WooCommerce 6.7.13. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wc-frontend-manager/tags/6.7.12/controllers/customers/wcfm-controller-customers-manage.php#L97
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3156433/wc-frontend-manager/trunk/controllers/customers/wcfm-controller-customers-manage.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/79172fe3-c0cf-48c4-8bc5-862c628c1a09?source=cve

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