CVE-2023-6979

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the ivole_import_upload_csv AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 5.38.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-434

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
ivoleCustomer Reviews for WooCommerce<= 5.38.9

References

Timeline

Published
Jan 11, 2024
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2023-6979: High severity, CVSS 8.8 | Vulnix