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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ExploitSubmit bulk-edit request with tampered object key
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ExecutionBypass access-control check (IDOR)
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ImpactModify unauthorized product/price/attribute data
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Object-level authorization, IDOR prevention
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires an authenticated account of at least low privilege (CVSS PR:L) on a WordPress/WooCommerce site running ELEX WooCommerce Advanced Bulk Edit Products, Prices & Attributes version n/a through 1.5.3, with the plugin's bulk-edit functionality in use. The flaw is an insecure direct object reference where the plugin trusts a user-controlled key instead of verifying the requesting user's authorization for that object, so the attacker must be able to reach the plugin's authenticated bulk-edit endpoint and supply/modify the object identifier. Limiting factors: valid authentication is mandatory (not exploitable by anonymous visitors), impact is bounded to limited integrity and availability (C:N, I:L, A:L) with no data disclosure, and the plugin must be installed and active. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity Authorization Bypass / IDOR (CWE-639) in a WooCommerce plugin, and the signals are internally consistent rather than conflicting. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L, base 5.4) indicates a network-reachable, low-complexity flaw that requires an authenticated account at low privilege (PR:L) and yields only limited integrity and availability impact with no confidentiality exposure (C:N). No EPSS score, CISA KEV listing, POC, or SSVC decision data was supplied in the input. Based on precision rules, exploitation status is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' The authentication requirement (PR:L, so an attacker needs at least a valid low-privilege account such as a shop manager/customer or any authenticated role the plugin trusts) meaningfully lowers real-world risk, as does the absence of any confidentiality impact and the lack of KEV/EPSS evidence of active or probable exploitation. This should be treated as a routine patch-management item - a genuine but not emergency priority - rather than a high-urgency flaw, given it is a vendor-specific WordPress plugin with authentication required and bounded (low integrity/availability) impact. EPSS is absent, not low, so no exploitation-probability inference can be drawn either way. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An authenticated low-privilege user on a WooCommerce store running the plugin manipulates a user-controlled object identifier (e.g., a product, price, or attribute reference) in a bulk-edit request to act on records they should not be authorized to modify. Because the access-control check relies on the user-supplied key, the attacker can alter product data or pricing/attributes outside their authorization scope. No public exploit code was identified in the provided data, and exploitation requires a valid authenticated session. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 15, 2026
Authorization bypass through user-controlled key (CWE-639 / IDOR) in the ELEX WooCommerce Advanced Bulk Edit Products, Prices & Attributes WordPress plugin, affecting versions through 1.5.3, lets an authenticated low-privilege user supply or alter object identifiers in bulk-edit requests so the plugin acts on products, prices or attributes that user is not authorized to change, producing limited integrity and availability impact. Authentication is mandatory (CVSS PR:L) so anonymous visitors cannot trigger it, and there is no data disclosure (C:N) per the assessed vector. At time of analysis no public exploit code exists and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV, so practical risk depends on an attacker obtaining a valid low-privileged account on an affected WordPress/WooCommerce site.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch or fixed version is confirmed in the available data, so first check the Patchstack advisory linked above for a released update and upgrade the plugin once a version above 1.5.3 is published (verify the exact version on the advisory rather than assuming a number). Until such a release is applied, use compensating controls: if bulk editing is not business-critical, deactivate and remove the plugin, which eliminates the attack surface entirely at the cost of losing bulk-edit functionality; otherwise restrict the plugin's bulk-edit capability from low-privilege roles such as Contributor, Author or Subscriber so only trusted administrators retain it, accepting that legitimate lower-privileged staff lose bulk-edit access and that role-management plugins or updates may re-grant the capability. Complement this by enforcing least privilege and strong authentication for all accounts (exploitation requires a valid low-privilege login), monitoring WordPress/WooCommerce audit logs for bulk-edit requests carrying unexpected product, price or attribute IDs, and optionally adding a WAF rule that limits the relevant admin-ajax/admin-post bulk-edit actions to expected roles or source IP ranges, with the trade-off that legitimate administrators working from new locations may be blocked.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root-cause class is CWE-639, Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key, commonly described as an insecure direct object reference. In this WooCommerce plugin the bulk-edit workflow accepts object identifiers (product, price or attribute records) from the client and performs the requested update without verifying that the requesting user holds the capability to modify that specific object, so a user who can reach the authenticated bulk-edit action merely substitutes identifiers for objects outside their scope. The relevant technology stack is WordPress core roles/capabilities plus WooCommerce product and attribute data, reached through the plugin's admin AJAX or admin-post handlers; the missing control is a per-object authorization (and/or nonce) check rather than a cryptographic or memory-safety failure. Exploitation is bounded to limited integrity and availability impact (I:L/A:L, no confidentiality impact) consistent with the assessed CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U vector; the plugin must be installed, active and have its bulk-edit functionality in use for the flaw to be reachable.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Network-reachable authenticated endpoint with a trivially tampered object key gives AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N; IDOR grants only limited data modification, so C:N and I:L/A:L.
Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).
CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack
DescriptionCVE.org
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in ELEXtensions ELEX WooCommerce Advanced Bulk Edit Products, Prices & Attributes elex-bulk-edit-products-prices-attributes-for-woocommerce-basic allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects ELEX WooCommerce Advanced Bulk Edit Products, Prices & Attributes: from n/a through 1.5.3.
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
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