Ecwid subscribers can disconnect the storefront
Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart before 7.0.9 does not perform a capability check or nonce verification on a store-management action. Any authenticated account, including a Subscriber, can invoke that action to disconnect the Ecwid store and take the storefront offline until an administrator reconnects it.
- Component
- Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart
- Plugin slug
ecwid-shopping-cart- Affected
- < 7.0.9
- Safe version
7.0.9- Published
- Aug 13, 2026
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Aug 13, 2026 and is one of 8 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update to 7.0.9 or later. Review store-disconnection events and low-privilege account activity, reconnect the intended store, and remove unauthorized accounts.
A safe version is available, so updating to that version or later is the preferred remediation. If an immediate update is not practical, consider a targeted application patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart WordPress plugin before 7.0.9 does not perform a capability check or nonce verification on one of its store-management actions, allowing any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, to disconnect the store and take the storefront offline until an administrator reconnects it.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L