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CVE-2013-5978

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-5978 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Cart66 Lite plugin for WordPress, specifically affecting versions prior to 1.5.1.15. Attackers can inject malicious web scripts or HTML through the Product name or Price description fields via the wp-admin/admin.php interface. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-28959) exists, and the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.5.1.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cart66:cart66_lite_plugin:*:-:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-28959 · Oct 14, 2013
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0408 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2013-10/0048.html
Broken Link
packetstormsecurity.com / files/123587/WordPress-Cart66-1.5.1.14-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
seclists.org / bugtraq/2013/Oct/52
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/87873
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
wordpress.org / plugins/cart66-lite/changelog
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/28959
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/62977
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry