Welcart E Commerce: A security weakness
Welcart E Commerce is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Welcart E Commerce
- Plugin slug
welcart-e-commerce- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jun 25, 2016
- Weakness
- CWE-19 — Data Processing Errors
This CVE was published Jun 25, 2016 and is one of 22 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Welcart E Commerce to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
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 Collne Welcart e-Commerce plugin before 1.8.3 for WordPress mishandles sessions, which allows remote attackers to obtain access by leveraging knowledge of the e-mail address associated with an account.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N