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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-43493
CVE-2023-43493:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
SQL injection vulnerability affects the Item List page of Welcart e-Commerce versions 2.7 to 2.8.21. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on September 20, 2023, and affects WordPress installations using the Welcart e-Commerce plugin (JVN Advisory, NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-89 (SQL Injection) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.9 (Medium) according to NVD scoring, with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N. The vulnerability requires high privileges (author level or higher) to exploit and can be accessed remotely through the network (NVD).
Impact
When successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows an authenticated user with author or higher privileges to obtain sensitive information from the database (JVN Advisory).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been patched in Welcart e-Commerce version 2.8.22, released on September 14, 2023. Users are strongly advised to update their installations to this version or later to address the security issue (Welcart Release).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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