Improper authentication in martinnguyen1990 Next-Cart Store to WooCommerce Migration
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.
Summary
The Next-Cart Store to WooCommerce Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.8 via the `NCWM_Kitconnect::run()` function. This is due to the plugin registering the `/wp-json/next_cart/v1/migration` REST route with `permission_callback` set to `__return_true` and relying on a hardcoded fallback value of `__token__` in `get_option('nextcart_token', '__token__')` when the `nextcart_token` option has not yet been written to the database. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass authentication to the migration endpoint by supplying the literal string `__token__` as the token, gaining access to privileged handlers that pass attacker-controlled SQL directly to `$wpdb->query()` and `$wpdb->get_results()` — enabling arbitrary SQL execution including administrator account creation — and pass an attacker-controlled path to `unlink()`, enabling arbitrary file deletion and full site takeover. The hardcoded fallback is reachable whenever the `nextcart_token` option has not yet been populated, which occurs after WP-CLI, network, or programmatic plugin activation without a subsequent authenticated `wp-admin` visit, as token generation is deferred to `admin_init` via `register_settings()`.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| martinnguyen1990 | Next-Cart Store to WooCommerce Migration | up to 3.9.8 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Next-Cart Store to WooCommerce Migration Vendormartinnguyen1990 Affected up to 3.9.8 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-76009
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wgp6-gqx5-628c
References
Other 7
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/739b57d9-8066-4c2a-9419-f6cd9409433c?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nextcart-woocommerce-migration/trunk/includes/carts/kitconnect-api.php#L23
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nextcart-woocommerce-migration/trunk/includes/main.php#L40
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nextcart-woocommerce-migration/trunk/includes/main.php#L123
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nextcart-woocommerce-migration/trunk/includes/carts/kitconnect-api.php#L120
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nextcart-woocommerce-migration/trunk/includes/carts/kitconnect-api.php#L336
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3686100%40nextcart-woocommerce-migration&new=3686100%40nextcart-woocommerce-migration
More martinnguyen1990 vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-10833 Next-Cart Store to WooCommerce Migration <= 3.9.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-76009 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-76009 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wgp6-gqx5-628c · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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