Vulnerability · Published May 1, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-3874WordPress Simple PayPal Shopping Cart <= 5.1.3 - Insecure Direct Object Reference
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity authorization bypass via user-controlled key in Simple Shopping Cart from mra13. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 36% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The WordPress Simple Shopping Cart plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.3 due to lack of randomization of a user controlled key. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to access customer shopping carts and edit product links, add or delete products, and discover coupon codes.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| mra13 | Simple Shopping Cart | 0 – through 5.1.3 |
Weakness: CWE-639 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4fed59bf-885b-4a06-aff2-8e5ab5f83ba7?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-simple-paypal-shopping-cart/tags/5.1.2/includes/class-wpsc-cart.php#L68
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-simple-paypal-shopping-cart/tags/5.1.2/includes/class-wpsc-cart.php#L32
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-simple-paypal-shopping-cart/tags/5.1.2/wp_shopping_cart.php#L525
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-simple-paypal-shopping-cart/tags/5.1.2/wp_shopping_cart.php#L158
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-simple-paypal-shopping-cart/tags/5.1.2/wp_shopping_cart.php#L265
- https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/ecommerce/wp-shopping-cart
- https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_generate_password/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3284572/