CVE-2023-2986 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting the Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce WordPress plugin, specifically in versions up to and including 5.14.2. This flaw stems from insufficient encryption during the abandoned cart link decoding process, allowing unauthenticated attackers to log in as customers. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) and an EPSS score indicating high exploitability, this vulnerability poses a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in the KEV catalog, exploit intelligence indicates the availability of Nuclei templates, and community discussion and media coverage suggest active awareness and concern regarding this flaw.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.14.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tychesoftwares:abandoned_cart_lite_for_woocommerce:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
>= 0, <= 5.15.1CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:tychesoftwares:abandoned_cart_lite_for_woocommerce:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.