CVE-2023-43663: Improper Privilege Management in Prestashop

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-09-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-269

Description

PrestaShop is an Open Source e-commerce web application. In affected versions any module can be disabled or uninstalled from back office, even with low user right. This allows low privileged users to disable portions of a shops functionality. Commit `ce1f6708` addresses this issue and is included in version 8.1.2. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Affected products

PrestaShop: before 8.1.2 — fixed in 8.1.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: PrestaShop 8.1.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/PrestaShop/PrestaShop/commit/ce1f67083537194e974caf86c57e547a0aaa46cd
https://github.com/PrestaShop/PrestaShop/security/advisories/GHSA-6jmf-2pfc-q9m7
https://github.com/PrestaShop/PrestaShop/commit/ce1f67083537194e974caf86c57e547a0aaa46cd
https://github.com/PrestaShop/PrestaShop/security/advisories/GHSA-6jmf-2pfc-q9m7

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