TheCartPress eCommerce Shopping Cart up to 1.3.9.2 on WordPress wp-admin/admin.php tcp_box_path cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in TheCartPress eCommerce Shopping Cart up to 1.3.9.2 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file wp-admin/admin.php. Performing a manipulation of the argument tcp_box_path results in cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-3986. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in TheCartPress eCommerce Shopping Cart up to 1.3.9.2 on WordPress (E-Commerce Management Software). This affects an unknown functionality of the file wp-admin/admin.php. The manipulation of the argument tcp_box_path with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the TheCartPress eCommerce Shopping Cart (aka The Professional WordPress eCommerce Plugin) plugin for WordPress before 1.3.9.3 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct directory traversal attacks via the tcp_box_path parameter in the checkout_editor_settings page to wp-admin/admin.php.

The weakness was published 05/14/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared at htbridge.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-3986 since 05/14/2015. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:wp-admin/admin.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. 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-111170. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: TheCartPress eCommerce Shopping Cart 1.3.9.3

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Advisory: 131673
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-3986 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-3986
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-75405
SecurityFocus: 74395

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

Created: 05/15/2015 11:12
Updated: 03/06/2025 08:28
Changes: 05/15/2015 11:12 (54), 03/29/2019 21:35 (5), 05/17/2022 16:37 (3), 03/06/2025 08:28 (16)
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