WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

CoCart 4.9.0 - 4.9.6 - Administrator Account Creation via REST API Authentication Bypass

Description

The plugin 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.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

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Classification

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Original Researcher
Naoki Kawahigashi
Submitter
Naoki Kawahigashi
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-10-02 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-10-02 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-10-03 (about 9 hours ago)

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