CVE-2024-12253 Missing authorization in Simple Ecommerce Shopping Cart Plugin- Sell products through Paypal
Authenticated subscribers can update plugin settings and access order data due to missing capability checks in the Simple Ecommerce Shopping Cart plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-12253?
CVE-2024-12253 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in nshowketgmailcom Simple Ecommerce Shopping Cart Plugin- Sell products through Paypal, published on 7 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Simple Ecommerce Shopping Cart Plugin- Sell products through Paypal plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the 'save_settings', 'export_csv', and 'simpleecommcart-action' actions in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update the plugins settings and retrieve order and log data (which is also accessible to unauthenticated users).
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12253?
How do I fix CVE-2024-12253?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12253 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2024-12253 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12253 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g7pv-5fjq-q2xw.