Auth bypass in Nshowketgmailcom Simple Ecommerce Shopping Cart Plugin- Sell Products Through Paypal

CVE-2024-12253

The Simple Ecommerce Shopping Cart Plugin- Sell products through Paypal plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the 'save_settings', 'export_csv', and 'simpleecommcart-action' actions in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update the plugins settings and retrieve order and log data (which is also accessible to unauthenticated users).

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.003 (17.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-12253?
CVE-2024-12253 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nshowketgmailcom Simple Ecommerce Shopping Cart Plugin- Sell Products Through Paypal, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-12-07.
How severe is CVE-2024-12253?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.