CVE-2025-3529: WordPress Simple PayPal Shopping Cart <= 5.1.2 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure via file_url Parameter

Severity: high (CVSS 8.2 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: 2025-04-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-201

Description

The WordPress Simple Shopping Cart plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.2 via the 'file_url' parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view potentially sensitive information and download a digital product without paying for it.

Affected products

mra13 Simple Shopping Cart: through 5.1.2

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-simple-paypal-shopping-cart/tags/5.1.2/includes/wpsc-shortcodes-related.php#L92
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3275373/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-simple-paypal-shopping-cart/#developers
https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/ecommerce/wp-simple-cart-sell-digital-downloads-2468
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8fecc015-518f-4aab-a17e-17cf4b8cf123?source=cve

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