CVE-2026-100143: CWE-287 Improper Authentication in FluentCart A New Era of eCommerce
The FluentCart A New Era of eCommerce WordPress plugin before 1.6.5 does not verify that the person placing a guest checkout controls the email address supplied, allowing unauthenticated attackers who know an existing guest customer's email to obtain a logged-in account bearing that address together with the customer's stored record.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The FluentCart A New Era of eCommerce WordPress plugin prior to version 1.6.5 contains an improper authentication vulnerability (CWE-287). Specifically, it does not verify ownership of the email address provided during guest checkout. As a result, an attacker who knows a guest customer's email can impersonate that customer by obtaining a logged-in account tied to the email and access the customer's stored information.
Potential Impact
An attacker can impersonate a guest customer by supplying their email address during checkout without authentication. This leads to unauthorized access to the victim's stored customer records, potentially exposing sensitive personal or transactional data.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade the FluentCart plugin to version 1.6.5 or later where this vulnerability is fixed. Since the affected versions are prior to 1.6.5, applying the official update addresses the issue. No other mitigation guidance is provided.
CVE-2026-100143: CWE-287 Improper Authentication in FluentCart A New Era of eCommerce
Description
The FluentCart A New Era of eCommerce WordPress plugin before 1.6.5 does not verify that the person placing a guest checkout controls the email address supplied, allowing unauthenticated attackers who know an existing guest customer's email to obtain a logged-in account bearing that address together with the customer's stored record.
Affected software
FluentCart A New Era of eCommerce
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The FluentCart A New Era of eCommerce WordPress plugin prior to version 1.6.5 contains an improper authentication vulnerability (CWE-287). Specifically, it does not verify ownership of the email address provided during guest checkout. As a result, an attacker who knows a guest customer's email can impersonate that customer by obtaining a logged-in account tied to the email and access the customer's stored information.
Potential Impact
An attacker can impersonate a guest customer by supplying their email address during checkout without authentication. This leads to unauthorized access to the victim's stored customer records, potentially exposing sensitive personal or transactional data.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade the FluentCart plugin to version 1.6.5 or later where this vulnerability is fixed. Since the affected versions are prior to 1.6.5, applying the official update addresses the issue. No other mitigation guidance is provided.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-25T11:31:36.966Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6abcab00236a9c741f0493e3
Added to database: 09/30/2026, 06:24:00 UTC
Last enriched: 09/30/2026, 06:50:12 UTC
Last updated: 09/30/2026, 07:39:49 UTC
Views: 3
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