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Vulnerability · CVE-2024-12253

simple-e-commerce-shopping-cart_project simple-e-commerce-shopping-cart Missing Authorization

Published Oct 13, 2026 · catalog updated Oct 13, 2026 · simple-e-commerce-shopping-cart_project simple-e-commerce-shopping-cart Missing Authorization

Patch now

CVE-2024-12253 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm simple-e-commerce-shopping-cart_project simple-e-commerce-shopping-cart Missing Authorization against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (simple-e-commerce-shopping-cart_project simple-e-commerce-shopping-cart Missing Authorization).
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.26%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
stated simple-e-commerce-shopping-cart · vendor simple-e-commerce-shopping-cart_project simple-e-commerce-shopping-cart

The Simple Ecommerce Shopping Cart Plugin- Sell products through Paypal plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the 'save_settings', 'export_csv', and 'simpleecommcart-action' actions in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update the plugins settings and retrieve order and log data (which is also accessible to unauthenticated users).

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • stated simple-e-commerce-shopping-cart<= 3.1.2
  • vendor simple-e-commerce-shopping-cart_project simple-e-commerce-shopping-cartversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2024-12253

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2024-12253 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm simple-e-commerce-shopping-cart_project simple-e-commerce-shopping-cart Missing Authorization against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with <= 3.1.2. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.26%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 13, 2026 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    The Simple Ecommerce Shopping Cart Plugin- Sell products through Paypal plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the 'save_settings', 'export_csv', and 'simpleecommcart-action' actions in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update the plugins se

  2. Oct 13, 2026 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-12253

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2024-12253

    30-day exploitation probability 0.3%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2024-12253

    The Simple Ecommerce Shopping Cart Plugin- Sell products through Paypal plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the 'save_settings', 'export_csv', and 'simpleecommcart-action' actions in all versions up to, and including, 3.1

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.