The CoCart WordPress plugin before 4.9.7 does not scope its REST API authentication filter to its own endpoints, which disables WordPress core's REST nonce protection for every route, allowing an attacker to perform a cross-site request forgery attack that creates a new administrator account using a logged-in administrator's session.
History

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Weaknesses CWE-287

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions cocart
Vendors & Products Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions cocart

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Weaknesses CWE-287
CWE-352

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Description The CoCart WordPress plugin before 4.9.7 does not scope its REST API authentication filter to its own endpoints, which disables WordPress core's REST nonce protection for every route, allowing an attacker to perform a cross-site request forgery attack that creates a new administrator account using a logged-in administrator's session.
Title CoCart 4.9.0 - 4.9.6 - Administrator Account Creation via REST API Authentication Bypass
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-10-04T06:00:23.901Z

Updated: 2026-10-05T10:53:49.170Z

Reserved: 2026-09-18T09:25:32.032Z

Link: CVE-2026-93549

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-05T10:50:05.023Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-04T07:16:34.180

Modified: 2026-10-06T15:18:12.170

Link: CVE-2026-93549

cve-icon Redhat

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