VDB-246800 · CVE-2023-5953 · GCVE-0-2023-5953

Welcart e-Commerce Plugin up to 2.9.4 on WordPress AJAX Action cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Welcart e-Commerce Plugin up to 2.9.4 on WordPress. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component AJAX Action Handler. Such manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2023-5953. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Welcart e-Commerce Plugin up to 2.9.4 on WordPress (E-Commerce Management Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component AJAX Action Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

The Welcart e-Commerce WordPress plugin before 2.9.5 does not validate files to be uploaded, as well as does not have authorisation and CSRF in an AJAX action handling such upload. As a result, any authenticated users, such as subscriber could upload arbitrary files, such as PHP on the server

The weakness was published 12/05/2023 by Benachi. The advisory is shared for download at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-5953 since 11/03/2023. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 2.9.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

E-Commerce Management Software

Name

Welcart e-Commerce Plugin

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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NVD Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Welcart e-Commerce Plugin 2.9.5

Timelineinfo

11/03/2023 🔍
12/05/2023 +32 days 🔍
12/05/2023 +0 days 🔍
05/29/2025 +541 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Researcher: Benachi
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-5953 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-5953
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-246800

Entryinfo

Created: 12/05/2023 07:32
Updated: 05/29/2025 16:38
Changes: 12/05/2023 07:32 (42), 12/23/2023 09:39 (11), 05/29/2025 16:38 (16)
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