MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2013-5978

Cart66 Lite Plugin vulnerability

CVSS
6.1
EPSS
4.1%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in products.php in the Cart66 Lite plugin before 1.5.1.15 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) Product name or (2) Price description fields via a request to wp-admin/admin.php. NOTE: This issue may only cross privilege boundaries if used in combination with CVE-2013-5977.
Affected vendor
Cart66
Affected product
Cart66 Lite Plugin
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Published
2019-12-11

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality, low impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 4.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2013-5978

  • Confirm whether Cart66 Cart66 Lite Plugin is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2013-5978.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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