๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2021-47932

CRITICAL 9.8

WordPress TheCartPress 1.5.3.6 Privilege Escalation Unauthenticated

CVSS Score
9.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

WordPress TheCartPress 1.5.3.6 contains an unauthenticated privilege escalation vulnerability that allows attackers to create administrator accounts by submitting crafted requests to the AJAX handler. Attackers can send POST requests to the tcp_register_and_login_ajax action with tcp_role set to administrator to gain full administrative access without authentication.

CWE CWE-862
Vendor thecartpress
Product thecartpress
Published May 10, 2026
Last Updated May 11, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected Versions

thecartpress / TheCartPress
0 โ‰ค 1.5.3.6

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
exploit-db.com: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50378 wordpress.org: https://wordpress.org/plugin/thecartpress vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wordpress-thecartpress-privilege-escalation-unauthenticated

Credits

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