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CVE-2023-5979: ecommerce product catalog vulnerability
CVE-2023-5979: medium vulnerability affecting ecommerce product catalog. Check CVSS, KEV status, business impact and recommended administrator actions.
- CVSS
- 6.5 MEDIUM
- EPSS
- 20.53%
- Known exploited
- not in KEV
- Product
- ecommerce product catalog
What is known
The eCommerce Product Catalog Plugin for WordPress plugin before 3.3.26 does not have CSRF checks in some of its admin pages, which could allow attackers to make logged-in users perform unwanted actions via CSRF attacks, such as delete all products
Business impact
Successful exploitation of CVE-2023-5979, a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) affecting ecommerce product catalog, may affect the confidentiality, integrity or availability of the vulnerable environment. The exact impact depends on the installed version, exposed interfaces and deployment configuration.
Recommended administrator action
Confirm whether ecommerce product catalog is present and compare installed versions with the vendor advisory and NVD record. Apply the vendor patch or documented mitigation; until remediation is complete, reduce exposure of affected interfaces, review relevant logs and monitor for indicators of exploitation. DataHouse can support version verification, managed patching, network exposure reduction, log review and backup validation for dedicated, cloud and colocated environments.