# CVE-2024-50492: WordPress ScottCart plugin <= 1.1 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability

> Attackers can execute arbitrary code via code injection in the ScottCart WordPress plugin, requiring an upgrade to secure the site.

- **Severity:** High 8.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m3r3-r24f-8hj4

## What is CVE-2024-50492?

CVE-2024-50492 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in ScottCart, published on 28 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in Scott Paterson ScottCart scottcart allows Code Injection.This issue affects ScottCart: from n/a through <= 1.1.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-50492?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpplugin Scottcart.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-50492?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-50492 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-50492 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-50492 exists.

Public exploit code:

- ScottCart <= 1.1 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (github_poc): https://github.com/Nxploited/CVE-2024-50492

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-50492 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-50492 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in ScottCart, published on 28 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-50492 exists.

Affected product: ScottCart. 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-2024-50492/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50492/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50492
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50492
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-50492

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50492/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.