High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 11, 2024· Updated Apr 8, 2026
CVE-2023-6979
CVE-2023-6979
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.
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Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:cusrev:customer_reviews_for_woocommerce:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*Range: <=5.38.9
- Range: <=5.38.9
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvdPatch
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvdPatch
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4af801db-44a6-4cd3-bd1a-3125490c8c48nvdThird Party Advisory
- drive.proton.me/urls/K4R2HDQBS0nvdBroken Link
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/customer-reviews-woocommerce/trunk/includes/import-export/class-cr-reviews-importer.phpnvdIssue Tracking
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