CVE-2025-12979: Welcart e-Commerce <= 2.11.24 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Information Exposure

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-11-13 · updated 2026-10-07
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Welcart e-Commerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the 'usces_export' action in all versions up to, and including, 2.11.24. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to access configured payment credentials (ex. PayPal api secret) , as well as business contact details, mail templates, and other operational settings tied to the store.

Affected products

Welcart e-Commerce: through 2.11.24

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3394001%40usc-e-shop&new=3394001%40usc-e-shop&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/26255cd9-2361-4d17-8d1b-9bdadcc69043?source=cve

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