CVE-2021-24620: The WordPress Simple Ecommerce Shopping Cart Plugin- Sell products through Paypal plugin through 2.2.5 does not check for the uploaded Downloadable Digital product file, allowing any file, such as PHP

high Affects simple-e-commerce-shopping-cart (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published ; advisory modified .

The WordPress Simple Ecommerce Shopping Cart Plugin- Sell products through Paypal plugin through 2.2.5 does not check for the uploaded Downloadable Digital product file, allowing any file, such as PHP

Package
simple-e-commerce-shopping-cart (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<=2.2.5
Fixed in
no fix recorded
Severity
high  CVSS 8.8
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (50.2th percentile)
Published
2021-09-13
Source
nvd

References

CWE-352CWE-434
NVD recordsimple-e-commerce-shopping-cart (WordPress plugin) advisories

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