# CVE-2023-49855: Cross-site request forgery in Menu Bar Cart Icon For WooCommerce By Binary Carpenter

> Attackers can trick users into performing unintended actions in the WooCommerce cart icon plugin, requiring an upgrade to fix.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **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:** 18 Dec 2023
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-78xh-7fwh-vxxr

## What is CVE-2023-49855?

CVE-2023-49855 is a medium-severity vulnerability in BinaryCarpenter Menu Bar Cart Icon For WooCommerce By Binary Carpenter, published on 18 Dec 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

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in BinaryCarpenter Menu Bar Cart Icon For WooCommerce By Binary Carpenter.This issue affects Menu Bar Cart Icon For WooCommerce By Binary Carpenter: from n/a through 1.49.3.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-49855?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Binarycarpenter Menu Bar Cart Icon for Woocommerce.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-49855?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-49855 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-49855 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-49855 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-49855 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-49855 is a medium-severity vulnerability in BinaryCarpenter Menu Bar Cart Icon For WooCommerce By Binary Carpenter, published on 18 Dec 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-2023-49855 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: BinaryCarpenter Menu Bar Cart Icon For WooCommerce By Binary Carpenter. 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-2023-49855/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49855/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-49855
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49855
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-49855

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49855/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.