CVE-2023-5951: Welcart e-Commerce < 2.9.5 - Reflected XSS

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-12-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Welcart e-Commerce WordPress plugin before 2.9.5 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

Affected products

Welcart e-Commerce: before 2.9.5 — fixed in 2.9.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Welcart e-Commerce 2.9.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/81dc093a-545d-4bcd-ab85-ee9472d709e5
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/81dc093a-545d-4bcd-ab85-ee9472d709e5

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