CVE-2024-9189

EU/UK VAT Manager for WooCommerce <= 2.12.12 - Missing Authorization

5.3 Medium

The EU/UK VAT Manager for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the alg_wc_eu_vat_exempt_vat_from_admin() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.12.12. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the VAT status for any order.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: None
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.48%Up 0.4 points since Sep 28, 2024

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 5.3

EU/UK VAT Manager for WooCommerce <= 2.12.12 - Missing Authorization

Record: CVE-2024-9189
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2024-49779 5.3

Record: EUVD-2024-49779
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r58j-wf5c-jr5h 5.3

The EU/UK VAT Manager for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized...

Record: GHSA-r58j-wf5c-jr5h
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 5.3

Record: CVE-2024-9189
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2024-9189 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Wpcodefactory Eu/uk Vat Validation Manager For Woocommerce, published September 28, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.48%, the 41st percentile. No source names a fixed version.