Barcode Scanner with Inventory & Order Manager <= 1.5.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

9.8
Improper Privilege Management
CVE CVE-2024-33567
CVSS 9.8 (Critical)
Publicly Published April 25, 2024
Last Updated May 1, 2024
Researcher Rafie Muhammad - Patchstack

Description

The Barcode Scanner and Inventory manager. POS (Point of Sale) – scan barcodes & create orders with barcode reader. plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.3. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting user meta values that can be updated. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to an administrator.

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Vulnerability Details for Barcode Scanner and Inventory manager. POS (Point of Sale) – scan barcodes & create orders with barcode reader.

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug barcode-scanner-lite-pos-to-manage-products-inventory-and-orders (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.5.4, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.5.3
Patched Version
  • 1.5.4

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