Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as low-privilege user
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ExploitSend crafted request to unprotected plugin endpoint
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ExecutionBypass missing authorization check
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ImpactModify deposit/part-payment data
Vulnerability Assessment
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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 | Exploitation requires an authenticated low-privilege account on the target site (CVSS PR:L), so it is not anonymous/unauthenticated; the plugin DEPART (depart-deposit-and-part-payment-for-woo) must be installed and active at version 1.0.10 or earlier, which in practice means a WooCommerce store using this deposit/part-payment extension. No user interaction is required (UI:N) and the attack is network-reachable with low complexity (AV:N/AC:L). The specific feature, endpoint, or configuration that lacks the authorization check is not described in the available sources, so the exact prerequisite action cannot be named; the primary limiting factors are the need for a valid (even if low-tier) account and the plugin's presence, while impact is bounded to limited integrity changes (C:N/I:L/A:N). |
| Impact | This is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.3) missing authorization flaw (CWE-862) in the VillaTheme DEPART WordPress/WooCommerce plugin, and the available signals converge on a moderate, non-urgent priority rather than an emergency. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N) indicates a network-reachable, low-complexity flaw that requires an authenticated low-privilege account (PR:L) and yields only limited integrity impact with no confidentiality or availability loss - consistent with a logged-in user performing an action they should not be authorized to perform. The vuln.today decision label is 'this_month,' which matches a patch-in-normal-cycle posture, not act_now/emergency. No KEV listing is present (not confirmed actively exploited) and no EPSS score was provided, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified from the input. The only reference is the Patchstack advisory database entry, which is a vendor/coordinator advisory rather than verified working exploit code. In short, this is a real but bounded broken-access-control issue, not a high-CVSS-but-illusory finding nor a widespread-exploitation crisis; the main limiting factor is the requirement for an existing authenticated account. EPSS and KEV data are both absent/negative, so prioritization rests on the moderate CVSS and the 'this_month' decision label. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who holds any low-privilege authenticated account (for example a WooCommerce customer/subscriber) on a site running DEPART ≤ 1.0.10 sends a crafted request to a plugin endpoint that fails to verify authorization, performing an action reserved for higher-privileged users and tampering with deposit/part-payment data (limited integrity impact, no data disclosure). No user interaction is needed and attack complexity is low (AC:L). No verified working exploit code is identified in the input; only a Patchstack advisory reference exists. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 26, 2026
Missing authorization in the VillaTheme DEPART WordPress plugin (depart-deposit-and-part-payment-for-woo) through version 1.0.10 allows an authenticated low-privilege user to perform an action that should require higher permissions, resulting in limited integrity impact on the affected WooCommerce store. The flaw is rated CVSS 4.3 (CWE-862) with network reachability and no user interaction required, and it only affects sites where the plugin is installed and active. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the risk signals (EPSS/KEV absent, patch-level priority 'this_month') point to a moderate, non-urgent issue rather than an emergency.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis: the supplied references contain only the Patchstack advisory for the 1.0.10 broken-access-control issue and no fixed version is listed, so affected sites should monitor that advisory and the plugin's update channel and apply the first release that supersedes 1.0.10 as soon as it is published. Because the flaw requires an authenticated low-privilege account (CVSS PR:L), the most effective compensating control is to restrict who can obtain such an account on the storefront - disable open customer registration or require manual approval, and review subscriber/customer role assignments - with the trade-off that this reduces self-service checkout and may block legitimate customers; alternatively, if the deposit/part-payment feature is not in active use, deactivating and removing the plugin eliminates exposure entirely, at the cost of losing that payment functionality. Higher-tier role separation and tightening of any custom registration flows provide additional friction but are incomplete substitutes for the vendor fix, and the Patchstack advisory should be re-checked for a patched version before relying on any workaround.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
DEPART is a WordPress/WooCommerce extension that adds deposit and part-payment options to product checkout flows, so it runs inside the WordPress plugin model where functionality is exposed through hooks, AJAX actions and REST routes and is gated by WordPress capability checks. The assigned weakness, CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), means a function or route that should verify the caller's capability or nonce performs its action without that check; the available sources do not describe which specific feature, endpoint or configuration parameter is affected, so the exact trigger is not described in the available sources. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N) indicates the path is network-reachable and low-complexity but requires a valid low-privilege account, which in a WooCommerce context is typically a self-registered customer or subscriber-level user; the impact is bounded to limited integrity changes with no confidentiality or availability effect. The CPE identifier cpe:2.3:a:villatheme:depart:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* is a wildcard range confirming the vendor/product binding without pinning a version.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Missing authorization reachable over the network by an authenticated low-privilege user (PR:L), no interaction, yielding limited integrity change only (I:L; C:N/A:N).
Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).
CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack
DescriptionCVE.org
Missing Authorization vulnerability in VillaTheme DEPART depart-deposit-and-part-payment-for-woo allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects DEPART: from n/a through 1.0.10.
Threat Intelligence Overview
How this decision was reached
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
EUVD-2026-109675
GHSA-585x-2fwq-4q39
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
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