# CVE-2023-2894: WP EasyCart <= 5.4.8 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via process_bulk_deactivate_product

> Unauthenticated attackers can trick administrators into bulk deactivating products via CSRF, impacting store availability.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Jun 2023
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-23m5-7wvw-4c3f

## What is CVE-2023-2894?

CVE-2023-2894 is a medium-severity vulnerability in levelfourstorefront Shopping Cart & eCommerce Store, published on 9 Jun 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The WP EasyCart plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 5.4.8. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the process_bulk_deactivate_product function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bulk deactivate products via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2894?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpeasycart Wp Easycart.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-2894?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2894 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-2894 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2894 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in levelfourstorefront 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-2023-1124](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1124/): Shopping Cart & eCommerce Store < 5.4.3 - Admin+ LFI (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)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-2894 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-2894 is a medium-severity vulnerability in levelfourstorefront Shopping Cart & eCommerce Store, published on 9 Jun 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2894 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: levelfourstorefront 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-2023-2894/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2894/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2894
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2894
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-2894

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2894/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.