CVE-2023-50847 HIGH

CVE-2023-50847: WordPress Welcart e-Commerce Plugin <= 2.9.3 is vulnerable to SQL Injection

Vendor Collne Inc.

Product Welcart e-Commerce

Weakness CWE-89 · SQLi

Published December 28, 2023

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

7.6/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required High

User interaction None

Confidentiality High

Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Collne Inc. Welcart e-Commerce.This issue affects Welcart e-Commerce: from n/a through 2.9.3.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Welcart e-Commerce versions up to 2.9.3 contain a SQL injection vulnerability accessible to high-privilege users. An attacker with administrative or elevated access can craft malicious input to execute arbitrary SQL queries, potentially reading sensitive database records. The vulnerability affects confidentiality and availability but not data integrity.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Read sensitive data from the database or degrade site performance through SQL injection.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

High-privilege accounts could be compromised to extract customer data, orders, or payment information from your database.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have high-privilege account access (admin or equivalent role).

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

December 28, 2023 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50847 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/89.html AskarLabs — CWE-89 write-up SQL Injection

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