Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessIdentify site running FOX plugin ≤1.5.4
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DeliverySend crafted request to unprotected endpoint
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ExploitBypass missing authorization check
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ExecutionInvoke privileged plugin action
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ImpactTamper with plugin state or settings
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Requires only that a target WordPress site be running the PluginUs.Net FOX (WooCommerce Currency Switcher) plugin at version 1.5.4 or earlier with the vulnerable code path reachable; per the CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) no authentication, no user interaction, and no special non-default configuration are indicated as prerequisites, so a default installation is exploitable over the network. The principal limiting factor is impact scope rather than access: the flaw yields only a partial integrity effect (C:N/I:L/A:N), so it does not by itself disclose data or disrupt availability, and exploitation value depends on what the specific unauthorized plugin action allows. The exact vulnerable feature/endpoint is not named in the provided description and should be confirmed against the Patchstack advisory. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) flaw in the FOX / WooCommerce Currency Switcher plugin, scored CVSS 5.3 with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - network-reachable, low attack complexity, no privileges and no user interaction, but with impact limited to integrity only (C:N/I:L/A:N). The signals are internally consistent: the low score is driven not by access difficulty but by limited impact, meaning an unauthenticated attacker can reach the vulnerable function easily yet can only achieve a partial integrity effect (e.g., modifying or triggering a plugin setting/action that should require authorization), with no confidentiality or availability consequence. No EPSS score, CISA KEV listing, POC, or SSVC decision data was provided in the input, so exploitation probability and automatability cannot be quantified from available signals. On balance this is a real but secondary priority: broken-access-control bugs in widely installed WordPress/WooCommerce plugins are routinely exploited in opportunistic campaigns, but the integrity-only, no-confidentiality impact makes it lower-urgency than a data-disclosure or RCE flaw. Treat as a patch-in-normal-cycle item unless the specific unauthorized action proves to enable a more damaging follow-on. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An unauthenticated remote attacker sends a crafted HTTP request directly to an AJAX or action endpoint exposed by the FOX plugin that fails to perform a capability/authorization check, invoking a privileged plugin operation they should not be able to reach. Because no authentication or user interaction is required (PR:N/UI:N) and complexity is low, the request can be scripted against any site running the vulnerable plugin. No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 13, 2026
Missing authorization in the FOX (WooCommerce Currency Switcher) WordPress plugin through version 1.5.4 allows remote attackers to reach plugin functionality that should require privileged access, tampering with data or settings within the plugin's scope. The assessed vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N means it is exploitable over the network by unauthenticated attackers with no user interaction, but the consequence is confined to a partial integrity impact - no data disclosure and no availability loss. Severity is moderate (CVSS 5.3), and no public exploit identified at time of analysis; there is no CISA KEV listing for this CVE.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch version is identified in the available data, so the first action is to check the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/woocommerce-currency-switcher/vulnerability/wordpress-fox-plugin-1-5-4-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve for the current fixed release and upgrade the FOX / WooCommerce Currency Switcher plugin to that version as soon as it is confirmed; do not rely on an unverified version number. If no fixed release is available yet, apply compensating controls: restrict access to the plugin's AJAX/REST endpoints (for example by blocking unauthenticated requests to admin-ajax.php actions and plugin REST routes at the web server or WAF), accepting the trade-off that guests may lose storefront currency switching; deactivate and remove the plugin if currency switching is not in use, which eliminates the exposure at the cost of that storefront feature; and review WordPress user roles and any plugin settings that the missing authorization check could allow a low-privileged or anonymous caller to alter, reverting unexpected changes. Any WAF rule or endpoint restriction should be tuned and tested, since overly broad blocking of admin-ajax.php or the REST API can break other plugins and site functionality.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The flaw is CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) in a WordPress plugin, a class of bug where a function or endpoint performs an action without verifying that the calling user holds the required capability. WordPress plugins commonly expose such actions through admin-ajax.php, the REST API, or direct request handlers; when the handler omits a current_user_can() / capability check (and often a nonce check), any unauthenticated visitor can trigger it because WordPress itself does not gate plugin-defined endpoints. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:pluginus.net:fox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* identifies the affected component as the PluginUs.Net FOX plugin for WordPress (WooCommerce Currency Switcher), and the reported range is from n/a through 1.5.4. Because the CVSS vector contains PR:N/UI:N with AC:L, the vulnerable code path is reachable with no credentials and no user interaction on a default installation, so the security boundary relies entirely on the plugin's own access-control logic, which is what is missing here. The description does not name the precise endpoint or the specific unauthorized action, so the exact functional impact should be confirmed against the Patchstack advisory; the CVSS integrity-only rating (C:N/I:L/A:N) indicates the attacker can modify something of limited scope rather than read data or take the site down.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Missing authorization on a network-reachable WordPress endpoint needs no auth or interaction (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N); impact is limited to integrity (I:L) with no confidentiality or availability effect.
Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).
CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack
DescriptionCVE.org
Missing Authorization vulnerability in PluginUs.Net FOX woocommerce-currency-switcher allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects FOX: from n/a through 1.5.4.
Threat Intelligence Overview
How this decision was reached
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
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EUVD-2026-98365
GHSA-w4q6-xcqh-hwwq
NVD
CVE.org
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