Simple Shopping Cart Plugin up to 5.1.3 on WordPress process_payment_data quantity resource injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Simple Shopping Cart Plugin up to 5.1.3 on WordPress. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function process_payment_data. Performing a manipulation of the argument quantity results in resource injection. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-3889. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Simple Shopping Cart Plugin up to 5.1.3 on WordPress. This affects the function process_payment_data. The manipulation of the argument quantity with an unknown input leads to a resource injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-99. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not restrict or incorrectly restricts the input before it is used as an identifier for a resource that may be outside the intended sphere of control. The impact remains unknown. The summary by CVE is:

The WordPress Simple Shopping Cart plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.3 via the 'process_payment_data' due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the quantity of a product to a negative number, which subtracts the product cost from the total order cost. The attack will only work with Manual Checkout mode, as PayPal and Stripe will not process payments for a negative quantity.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-3889 since 04/22/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/01/2025).

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

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Class: Resource injection
CWE: CWE-99
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-3889 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-3889
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-306759

Entryinfo

Created: 05/01/2025 07:04
Updated: 05/01/2025 15:01
Changes: 05/01/2025 07:04 (52), 05/01/2025 15:01 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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