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CVE-2023-6120: Welcart e-Commerce <= 2.9.6 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Directory Traversal

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.7 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: none known
• Published: 2023-12-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

The Welcart e-Commerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.6 via the upload_certificate_file function. This makes it possible for administrators to upload .pem or .crt files to arbitrary locations on the server.

Affected products

• Welcart e-Commerce: before 2.9.7 — fixed in 2.9.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Welcart e-Commerce 2.9.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2992785/usc-e-shop/trunk/classes/paymentPaygent.class.php?contextall=1&old=2880236&old_path=%2Fusc-e-shop%2Ftrunk%2Fclasses%2FpaymentPaygent.class.php
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2999846%40usc-e-shop%2Ftrunk&old=2996147%40usc-e-shop%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file1
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2677cea6-d60d-4e10-afd7-e088a5592b19?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2992785/usc-e-shop/trunk/classes/paymentPaygent.class.php?contextall=1&old=2880236&old_path=%2Fusc-e-shop%2Ftrunk%2Fclasses%2FpaymentPaygent.class.php
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2999846%40usc-e-shop%2Ftrunk&old=2996147%40usc-e-shop%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file1
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2677cea6-d60d-4e10-afd7-e088a5592b19?source=cve

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