# CVE-2023-1124: Shopping Cart & eCommerce Store < 5.4.3 - Admin+ LFI

> Authenticated admin users can perform Local File Inclusion attacks in the Shopping Cart & eCommerce Store WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Apr 2023
- **Updated:** 14 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q37p-4rw5-7329

## What is CVE-2023-1124?

CVE-2023-1124 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Unknown Shopping Cart & eCommerce Store, published on 3 Apr 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Shopping Cart & eCommerce Store WordPress plugin before 5.4.3 does not validate HTTP requests, allowing authenticated users with admin privileges to perform LFI attacks.

Weakness: CWE-552 (Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-1124?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpeasycart Wp Easycart.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-1124?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-1124 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-1124 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-1124 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Shopping Cart & eCommerce Store

- [CVE-2015-2673](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-2673/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-3023](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3023/): WP EasyCart <= 5.4.10 - Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection via 'orderby' (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2023-2891](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2891/): WP EasyCart <= 5.4.8 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via process_delete_product (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-2892](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2892/): WP EasyCart <= 5.4.8 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via process_bulk_delete_product (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2014-9308](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9308/): File upload in n/a (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-1124 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-1124 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Unknown Shopping Cart & eCommerce Store, published on 3 Apr 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-1124 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Shopping Cart & eCommerce Store. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1124/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1124/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1124
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1124
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-1124

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1124/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.