CVE-2023-1431 Information disclosure in WordPress Simple Shopping Cart

What is CVE-2023-1431?

CVE-2023-1431 is a medium-severity vulnerability in wptipsntricks WordPress Simple Shopping Cart, published on 16 Mar 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The WP Simple Shopping Cart plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 4.6.3 due to the plugin saving shopping cart data exports in a publicly accessible location (/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-simple-paypal-shopping-cart/includes/admin/). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view information that should be limited to administrators only and can include data like first name, last name, email, address, IP Address, and more.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-1431?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Tipsandtricks-Hq Wordpress Simple Paypal Shopping Cart.

How do I fix CVE-2023-1431?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-1431 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-1431 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1431 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in wptipsntricks WordPress Simple Shopping Cart

• CVE-2013-2705 Cross-site request forgery in n/a Medium 6.8
• CVE-2025-3874 WordPress Simple PayPal Shopping Cart <= 5.1.3 - Insecure Direct Object Reference Medium 6.5
• CVE-2025-3890 WordPress Simple PayPal Shopping Cart <= 5.1.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Medium 6.4
• CVE-2022-4672 WordPress Simple Shopping Cart < 4.6.2 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode Medium 5.4
• CVE-2025-3889 WordPress Simple PayPal Shopping Cart <= 5.1.3 - Insecure Direct Object Reference via 'quantity' Medium 5.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-qhqw-wg75-8f69.