WP Marketplace Plugin 2.4.0 on WordPress cart.php ajaxinit wp_insert_user input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in WP Marketplace Plugin 2.4.0 on WordPress. Impacted is the function ajaxinit in the library wpmarketplace/libs/cart.php. Such manipulation of the argument wp_insert_user as part of Request leads to input validation. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2014-9013. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in WP Marketplace Plugin 2.4.0 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function ajaxinit in the library wpmarketplace/libs/cart.php. The manipulation of the argument wp_insert_user as part of a Request leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The ajaxinit function in wpmarketplace/libs/cart.php in the WP Marketplace plugin 2.4.0 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to create arbitrary users and gain admin privileges via a request to wpmp_pp_ajax_call with an execution target of wp_insert_user.

The weakness was released 11/06/2019 as EDB-ID 36466 as not defined exploit (Exploit-DB). The advisory is available at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-9013 since 11/20/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:wpmarketplace/libs/cart.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (36466). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-145107. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

11/20/2014 🔍
11/06/2019 +1812 days 🔍
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11/07/2019 +1 days 🔍
06/21/2025 +2053 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: EDB-ID 36466
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2014-9013 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-9013
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-145106
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/07/2019 09:36
Updated: 06/21/2025 20:06
Changes: 11/07/2019 09:36 (48), 11/07/2019 09:41 (19), 06/21/2025 20:06 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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