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

> Unauthenticated attackers can access sensitive customer data exported by the WP Simple Shopping Cart plugin due to insecure file storage locations.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Mar 2023
- **Updated:** 13 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qhqw-wg75-8f69

## 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: 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2705/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2025-3874](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3874/): WordPress Simple PayPal Shopping Cart <= 5.1.3 - Insecure Direct Object Reference (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-3890](https://insights.sbomify.com/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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4672/): WordPress Simple Shopping Cart < 4.6.2 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2025-3889](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3889/): WordPress Simple PayPal Shopping Cart <= 5.1.3 - Insecure Direct Object Reference via 'quantity' (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-1431 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: wptipsntricks WordPress Simple Shopping Cart. 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-2023-1431/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1431/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1431
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1431
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-1431

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1431/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.