CVE-2023-5952 | Welcart e-Commerce < 2.9.5 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection

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The Welcart e-Commerce WordPress plugin before 2.9.5 unserializes user input from cookies, which could allow unautehtniacted users to perform PHP Object Injection when a suitable gadget is present on the blog

Published: 2023-12-04 Last update: 2025-02-20 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-5952 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.25%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2023-5952

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-5952

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.69% 1.25% +0.56%
2 2025-04-24 0.51% 0.69% +0.18%
3 2025-04-15 — 0.51% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-5952

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-5952

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-5952

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
welcart welcart_e-commerce < 2.9.5 cpe:2.3:a:welcart:welcart_e-commerce:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2023-5952

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