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CVE-2013-5977

6.8 · MEDIUM

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Cart66Product.php in the Cart66 Lite plugin before 1.5.1.15 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators f…

Published Nov 1, 2013cart66CWE-352EPSS 3.15%

Overview

CVE-2013-5977 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting cart66 cart66_lite_plugin. It was published on November 1, 2013 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Cart66Product.php in the Cart66 Lite plugin before 1.5.1.15 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) create or modify products or conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the (2) Product name or (3) Price description field in a product save action via a request to wp-admin/admin.php.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from cart66. Update cart66_lite_plugin to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsStatus
cart66cart66_lite_plugin0Affected

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-5977?

CVE-2013-5977 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting cart66 cart66_lite_plugin. It was published on November 1, 2013 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2013-5977?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2013-5977?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from cart66. Update cart66_lite_plugin to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

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