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CVE-2023-5953: unknown welcart e-commerce

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighModified
Published 04-12-2023Last modified 29-05-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-5953 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in unknown welcart e-commerce. EPSS estimates a 0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 2.9.5.

Overall risk
45/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.48%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 04-12-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 29-05-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Welcart e-Commerce WordPress plugin before 2.9.5 does not validate files to be uploaded, as well as does not have authorisation and CSRF in an AJAX action handling such upload. As a result, any authenticated users, such as subscriber could upload arbitrary files, such as PHP on the server

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.48%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

40%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.48% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.48%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (wpscan.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Unknown1 product
Welcart1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • usc-e-shop≤ 2.9.4 (fixed in 2.9.5)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

2 links