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Vulnerability · CVE-2024-8277

villatheme woocommerce_photo_reviews Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

Published Sep 11, 2024 · catalog updated Sep 11, 2024 · villatheme woocommerce_photo_reviews Authentication Bypass

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CVE-2024-8277 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm villatheme woocommerce_photo_reviews Authentication Bypass against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

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Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
1.63%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
stated woocommerce_photo_reviews · vendor villatheme woocommerce_photo_reviews

The WooCommerce Photo Reviews Premium plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.13.2. This is due to the plugin not properly validating what user transient is being used in the login() function and not properly verifying the user's identity. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as user that has dismissed an admin notice in the past 30 days, which is often an administrator. Alternatively, a user can log in as any user with any transient that has a valid user_id as the value, though it would be more difficult t

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  • stated woocommerce_photo_reviews<= 1.3.13
  • vendor villatheme woocommerce_photo_reviewsversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2024-8277

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2024-8277 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm villatheme woocommerce_photo_reviews Authentication Bypass against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with <= 1.3.13. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 1.63%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Sep 11, 2024 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    The WooCommerce Photo Reviews Premium plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.13.2. This is due to the plugin not properly validating what user transient is being used in the login() function and not properly verifying the user's identity. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as user that has dismissed an admin

  2. Sep 11, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-8277

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2024-8277

    30-day exploitation probability 1.6%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2024-8277

    The WooCommerce Photo Reviews Premium plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.13.2. This is due to the plugin not properly validating what user transient is being used in the login() function and not properly verifying

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.