Name: CVE-2023-6120: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2023-12-09T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2023-6120, CWE-22, CVSS 4.1, EPSS 0.00458

The Welcart e-Commerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.6 via the upload_certificate_file function. This makes it possible for administrators to upload .pem or .crt files to arbitrary locations on the server.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.1
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Usc E Shop Plugin	—	Update usc-e-shop plugin to version 2.9.7, or a newer patched version	May 15, 2025	Dec 8, 2023

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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