CVE-2026-48868
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedUnauthenticated Insecure Direct Object References (IDOR) in Simple Shopping Cart <= 5.2.9 versions.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe Simple Shopping Cart plugin versions 5.2.9 and below contains an unauthenticated IDOR vulnerability that allows attackers to access or modify objects (such as orders, products, or customer data) without proper authorization by directly referencing object identifiers in requests.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Simple Shopping Cart plugin is installedCheck your WordPress plugins directory or admin panel for the Simple Shopping Cart pluginAffected if The plugin is present in the environment
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Identify the installed plugin versionView the plugin header in wp-content/plugins/simple-shopping-cart/ or check the WordPress plugin admin page for the version numberAffected if The version listed is 5.2.9 or lower
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Verify order/product endpoints are publicly accessibleTest accessing order-related URLs such as those containing order_id, product_id, or customer_id parameters without authenticationAffected if Requests with direct object identifiers return valid data without requiring login or authorization tokens
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Check for suspicious object reference requests in access logsReview web server access logs for repeated requests to endpoints that reference order, product, or customer IDs, especially from unauthenticated IP addressesAffected if Log entries show unauthorized access patterns to object reference endpoints
A user is affected if the Simple Shopping Cart plugin version is 5.2.9 or lower and the plugin's object reference endpoints are exposed without authentication.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scopedUpdate to Simple Shopping Cart version 5.3.0 or later which includes proper authorization checks for all object references; if no update is available, implement web application firewall rules to restrict direct object reference access.
Latest version available from vendor (version higher than 5.2.9)
- 1. Backup your WordPress site and database before making any changes.
- 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins in the WordPress admin dashboard.
- 3. Locate 'Simple Shopping Cart' plugin in the list.
- 4. Check if the currently installed version is 5.2.9 or earlier.
- 5. If vulnerable, click 'Update Now' if an update is available, or manually download the latest version from wordpress.org and upload it via Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin.
- 6. Verify the updated version number after upgrading.
- 7. Test the shopping cart functionality to ensure normal operations.
- 8. If no update is available from the WordPress repository, contact the plugin vendor directly for a patched version.
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2026-48868 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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