CVE-2024-1516

MEDIUM 5.3CVE-2024-1516 · Published 28/02/2024 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2024-1516 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability affecting wp ecommerce (zao).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.42%, higher than 36.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
wp ecommerce zao	`≤ 3.15.1`	No fix yet

Description

The WP eCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary post creation due to a missing capability check on the check_for_saas_push() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.15.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create arbitrary posts with arbitrary content.

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-e-commerce/trunk/wpsc-components/marketplace-core-v1/library/Sputnik.php · Patch
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b0a9f3d2-aa7f-4fc2-9cfd-b69ec3f63160 · Third Party Advisory

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