CVE-2024-5704
XPlainer – WooCommerce Product FAQ [WooCommerce Accordion FAQ Plugin] <= 1.7.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Settings Update
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Wordfence
Description
The XPlainer – WooCommerce Product FAQ [WooCommerce Accordion FAQ Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on several functions (i.e. ffw_insert_new_faq, ffw_hide_discount_notice, ffw_delete_all_faqs, ffw_delete_single_faq, etc...) in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to add new and update existing FAQs, FAQ lists, and modify FAQ associations with products.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Wordfence
- 33 days later
· 33 days later
Published
- 21 months later
· 21 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| WordfenceCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 66% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
happydevs · Happy WooCommerce FAQs – Ultimate Product FAQ Plugin
- affected ≤ 1.7.0
References (7)
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1d3e476d-0885-4e8c-a682-bd64d9f13b53?source=cve (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3126842/faq-for-woocommerce/trunk/includes/admin/faq-woocommerce-admin-functions.php (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/faq-for-woocommerce/trunk/includes/admin/faq-woocommerce-admin-functions.php#L100 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/faq-for-woocommerce/trunk/includes/admin/faq-woocommerce-admin-functions.php#L216 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/faq-for-woocommerce/trunk/includes/admin/faq-woocommerce-admin-functions.php#L269 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/faq-for-woocommerce/trunk/includes/admin/faq-woocommerce-admin-functions.php#L326 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/faq-for-woocommerce/trunk/includes/admin/faq-woocommerce-admin-functions.php#L385 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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