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CVE-2015-3986 affects older TheCartPress WordPress ecommerce plugin versions. If an administrator is tricked into making a malicious request while logged in, an attacker could abuse that admin session to trigger directory traversal behavior in plugin settings. This is most urgent for sites still running TheCartPress before 1.3.9.3. Exposure is limited to WordPress installations with TheCartPress eCommerce Shopping Cart installed below version 1.3.9.3, especially where privileged administrators access wp-admin from normal browsing sessions. Treat as high priority only where TheCartPress is present. The plugin sits on ecommerce WordPress sites, and compromise of admin-driven settings could affect sensitive site behavior. No active exploitation evidence is provided, but public exploit references raise remediation urgency. Mitigation focus: Upgrade TheCartPress to 1.3.9.3 or later where available.; If upgrade cannot be confirmed, disable or remove the plugin.; Check vendor or WordPress plugin guidance before relying on other mitigations..
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- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23254CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/thecartpress/changelog/CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- 36860CVE reference · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
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