CVE-2024-8289
MultiVendorX – The Ultimate WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution <= 4.2.0 - Missing Authorization to Limited Vendor Privilege Escalation/Account Takeover
CVSS Score
9.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
The MultiVendorX – The Ultimate WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation/de-escalation and account takeover due to an insufficient capability check on the update_item_permissions_check and create_item_permissions_check functions in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the password of any user with the vendor role, create new users with the vendor role, and demote other users like administrators to the vendor role.
| CWE | CWE-862 |
| Vendor | wcmp |
| Product | multivendorx – woocommerce multivendor marketplace solutions |
| Published | Sep 4, 2024 |
| Last Updated | Apr 8, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Affected Versions
wcmp / MultiVendorX – WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solutions
0 ≤ 4.2.0
References
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a85fbaff-d566-4ed2-8943-c174e0c4d2d8?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dc-woocommerce-multi-vendor/tags/4.2.0/api/class-mvx-rest-vendors-controller.php#L705 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dc-woocommerce-multi-vendor/tags/4.2.0/api/class-mvx-rest-vendors-controller.php#L641 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dc-woocommerce-multi-vendor/tags/4.2.0/api/class-mvx-rest-vendors-controller.php#L382 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dc-woocommerce-multi-vendor/trunk/api/class-mvx-rest-vendors-controller.php?rev=3145638
Credits
wesley