CVE-2025-3889 json
WordPress Simple PayPal Shopping Cart <= 5.1.3 - Insecure Direct Object Reference via 'quantity'
published last yr. modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2025-15023
- cvss
- 5.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 30%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The WordPress Simple Shopping Cart plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.3 via the 'process_payment_data' due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the quantity of a product to a negative number, which subtracts the product cost from the total order cost. The attack will only work with Manual Checkout mode, as PayPal and Stripe will not process payments for a negative quantity.
Patch / fix
- tipsandtricks-hq wordpress_simple_paypal_shopping_cart 5.1.4
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Check with FencerCISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- last yr.
Exploit prediction
0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
Affected products
- mra13 Simple Shopping Cart
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
- Technology feeds
References
-
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
/changeset/3284572/
patch
-
wordfence.com
/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/41212533-535e-4a9e-a9b8-1240021a3752?source=cve
third-party-advisory
-
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
/browser/wordpress-simple-paypal-shopping-cart/tags/5.1.2/wp_shopping_cart.php#L324
product
-
tipsandtricks-hq.com
/ecommerce/wp-shopping-cart
product
-
tipsandtricks-hq.com
/ecommerce/simple-shopping-cart-enabling-manual-offline-checkout
product
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-3889
- NVD CVE-2025-3889
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