Welcart e-Commerce < 2.2.8 - Missing Capabilities Check to Information Disclosure
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Welcart e-Commerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the usces_download_system_information() function in versions up to, and including, 2.2.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to download information including WordPress settings, plugin settings, PHP settings and server settings.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Welcart e-Commerce (uscnanbu) Fixed in 2.2.8
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
uscnanbu Welcart e-Commerce 2.2.8
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2021-03212 Welcart e-Commerce < 2.2.8 - Missing Capabilities Check to Information DisclosurePriority MEDIUM 40
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-4375
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6gxh-65cm-hw36
References
More uscnanbu Welcart E-commerce vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-05484 Welcart e-Commerce < 2.9.5 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary File Upload CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-03880 Welcart e-Commerce < 2.8.6 - Subscriber+ PHAR Deserialisation CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-03786 Welcart e-Commerce < 2.8.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Access CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2022-03879 Welcart e-Commerce < 2.8.5 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary File Access CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2022-03618 Welcart e-Commerce < 2.8.4 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Shipping Method Creation/Update/Deletion CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2023-05482 Welcart e-Commerce < 2.9.5 - Reflected XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2021-4375 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-4375 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6gxh-65cm-hw36 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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