CVE-2016-4825: The Collne Welcart e-Commerce plugin before 1.8.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to conduct PHP object injection attacks and execute arbitrary PHP code via crafted serialized data.

medium Affects welcart-e-commerce (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2016-06-25; advisory modified 2026-06-17.

The Collne Welcart e-Commerce plugin before 1.8.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to conduct PHP object injection attacks and execute arbitrary PHP code via crafted serialized data.

Package: welcart-e-commerce (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions: <1.8.3
Fixed in: 1.8.3
Severity: medium CVSS 5.6
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 3% (86.7th percentile)
Published: 2016-06-25
Source: nvd

References

CWE-20

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