TheCartPress eCommerce Shopping Cart up to 1.3.9.2 on WordPress Authentication Mechanism access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in TheCartPress eCommerce Shopping Cart up to 1.3.9.2 on WordPress. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Authentication Mechanism. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2015-3302. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Furthermore, an exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in TheCartPress eCommerce Shopping Cart up to 1.3.9.2 on WordPress (E-Commerce Management Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Authentication Mechanism. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

The TheCartPress eCommerce Shopping Cart (aka The Professional WordPress eCommerce Plugin) plugin for WordPress before 1.3.9.3 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive order detail information by leveraging a "broken authentication mechanism."

The bug was discovered 04/29/2015. The weakness was published 12/29/2017 with High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab as confirmed posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-3302 since 04/13/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

A public exploit has been developed by High-Tech Bridge SA and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 975 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 13135 (WordPress TheCartPress Plugin Multiple Cross-Site Scripting and Local File Inclusion Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 1.3.9.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (36860) and SecurityFocus (BID 74395†). Similar entries are available at VDB-75397, VDB-75398 and VDB-75405. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: High-Tech Bridge SA
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: TheCartPress eCommerce Shopping Cart 1.3.9.3

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04/08/2015 🔍
04/13/2015 +5 days 🔍
04/29/2015 +16 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 131673⛔
Researcher: High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab
Organization: High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-3302 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-3302
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-111170
SecurityFocus: 74395 - WordPress TheCartPress Plugin Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/30/2017 10:19
Updated: 03/03/2025 08:51
Changes: 12/30/2017 10:19 (76), 12/28/2019 15:10 (1), 01/28/2021 10:03 (3), 01/19/2023 14:23 (3), 03/03/2025 08:51 (14)
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Cache ID: 216:E78:103

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