Unauthenticated CSV disclosure via unguarded admin hooks
Published Jun 7, 2023 · Updated Apr 8, 2026
Missing authorization in Welcart e-Commerce before 2.2.8 allows remote attackers to download member, product, and order lists. The download_order_list, download_orderdetail_list, and download_member_list handlers are registered on admin_init without capability checks. Unauthenticated requests to admin-ajax.php or admin-post.php can trigger CSV exports containing store and customer records.
Summary
What happened
Missing authorization in Welcart e-Commerce before 2.2.8 allows remote attackers to download member, product, and order lists. The download_order_list, download_orderdetail_list, and download_member_list handlers are registered on admin_init without capability checks. Unauthenticated requests to admin-ajax.php or admin-post.php can trigger CSV exports containing store and customer records.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-4355
- Published
- Jun 7, 2023
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Vendor
- Welcart Inc.
- Product
- Welcart e-Commerce
- Classifications
- CWE-862, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 7, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <2.2.8
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Public exploit references
- NinTechNet unauthenticated CSV export disclosureproof of concept · demonstrated
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