CVE-2023-6292 is a medium-severity vulnerability identified in the Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart WordPress plugin versions prior to 6.12.5. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-352, which corresponds to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). Specifically, the plugin lacks proper CSRF protections when updating its settings. This absence of a CSRF token or equivalent verification mechanism means that an attacker can craft a malicious request that, when executed by a logged-in administrator, causes unauthorized changes to the plugin's configuration. Since the vulnerability requires the victim to be authenticated as an admin and to interact with a malicious link or page (user interaction), the attack vector is limited but still significant. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 4.3, reflecting a medium severity level, with the vector indicating network attack vector (AV:N), low attack complexity (AC:L), no privileges required (PR:N), user interaction required (UI:R), unchanged scope (S:U), no confidentiality impact (C:N), low integrity impact (I:L), and no availability impact (A:N). This vulnerability does not directly compromise confidentiality or availability but can lead to integrity violations by allowing unauthorized changes to plugin settings, potentially affecting the ecommerce site's behavior or security posture. No known exploits are currently reported in the wild, and no official patches or mitigation links were provided at the time of publication. The vulnerability was reserved on 2023-11-24 and published on 2024-01-16, indicating recent disclosure. Given that Ecwid is a popular ecommerce solution integrated into WordPress sites, this vulnerability could be leveraged to manipulate ecommerce configurations, potentially leading to further exploitation or disruption of business operations.

For European organizations using the Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart plugin on WordPress, this vulnerability poses a risk primarily to the integrity of their ecommerce platform configurations. An attacker exploiting this CSRF flaw could alter settings such as payment gateways, shipping options, or other critical ecommerce parameters without authorization. This could lead to financial losses, disruption of sales, or reputational damage if customers experience issues or fraudulent transactions. Since the attack requires an authenticated admin user to be tricked into executing a malicious request, the risk is somewhat mitigated by the need for user interaction and admin privileges. However, social engineering or phishing campaigns targeting ecommerce administrators could facilitate exploitation. The impact is particularly relevant for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that may not have rigorous security awareness or multi-factor authentication in place. Additionally, any regulatory compliance obligations related to ecommerce data integrity and consumer protection under GDPR could be indirectly affected if the vulnerability leads to unauthorized changes impacting customer transactions or data handling.

To mitigate this vulnerability, European organizations should immediately update the Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart plugin to version 6.12.5 or later, where the CSRF protections are implemented. If immediate update is not feasible, organizations should implement compensating controls such as: 1) Restricting administrative access to the WordPress backend via IP whitelisting or VPN to reduce exposure to CSRF attacks. 2) Enforcing strong authentication mechanisms, including multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all admin accounts, to reduce the risk of compromised credentials being leveraged in conjunction with CSRF. 3) Educating administrators about phishing and social engineering risks to prevent inadvertent execution of malicious requests. 4) Employing web application firewalls (WAFs) with rules designed to detect and block CSRF attack patterns targeting the plugin endpoints. 5) Regularly auditing plugin settings and logs for unauthorized changes to quickly detect exploitation attempts. 6) Implementing Content Security Policy (CSP) headers and SameSite cookie attributes to limit cross-origin request capabilities. These measures, combined with prompt patching, will significantly reduce the risk posed by this vulnerability.