# CVE-2023-24408: WordPress Ecwid Shopping Cart Plugin <= 6.11.4 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

> Authenticated contributors can inject malicious scripts into the Ecwid Shopping Cart plugin, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 May 2023
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9w8q-wmx2-9qw7

## What is CVE-2023-24408?

CVE-2023-24408 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart, published on 8 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Auth. (contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Ecwid Ecommerce Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart plugin <= 6.11.4 versions.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-24408?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Lightspeedhq Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-24408?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-24408 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-24408 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-24408 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart

- [CVE-2022-2432](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2432/): Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart <= 6.10.23 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings/Options Update (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-51533](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-51533/): WordPress Ecwid Shopping Cart Plugin <= 6.12.4 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2024-13795](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13795/): Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart <= 6.12.27 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Send Deactivation Message (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2023-6292](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6292/): Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart < 6.12.5 - Arbitrary Plugin Settings Change via CSRF (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2023-24377](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-24377/): WordPress Ecwid Shopping Cart Plugin <= 6.11.3 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-24408 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-24408 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart, published on 8 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-24408 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ecwid Ecommerce 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-2023-24408/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-24408/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-24408
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24408
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-24408

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-24408/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.