CVE-2025-3874
WordPress Simple PayPal Shopping Cart <= 5.1.3 - Insecure Direct Object Reference
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.5 Medium
- Published
- May 1, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Apr 22, 2025
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Simple Shopping Cartmra13 |
|
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/
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