{"id":59926,"date":"2025-08-06T19:11:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T19:11:35","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-03T07:09:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T13:09:00","slug":"cve-2025-50850-lack-of-security-controls-in-cs-cart-4-18-3-vendor-login-functionality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50850-lack-of-security-controls-in-cs-cart-4-18-3-vendor-login-functionality\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-50850: Lack of Security Controls in CS Cart 4.18.3 Vendor Login Functionality<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This article discusses a critical vulnerability, CVE-2025-50850, impacting CS Cart version 4.18.3. This vulnerability is of significant concern as it affects vendor login functionality and could potentially lead to unauthorized system access and data loss. The lack of essential security controls such as CAPTCHA verification and rate limiting opens up the system to brute-force attacks, which can systematically try different combinations of usernames and passwords to gain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5835-droip-plugin-for-wordpress-unauthorized-access-and-modification-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70934\">unauthorized access<\/a> to vendor accounts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-50850<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS: 8.6)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: Unauthorized system <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50060-critical-data-access-vulnerability-in-oracle-bi-publisher\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70933\">access and potential data<\/a> leak<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1091528165\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>CS Cart | 4.18.3<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52950-unauthorized-access-exploitation-in-juniper-networks-security-director\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"71333\">exploit takes advantage of the lack of security<\/a> measures in the vendor login functionality of CS Cart 4.18.3. Without CAPTCHA verification or rate limiting, an attacker can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-58059-critical-vulnerability-in-valtimo-s-business-process-automation-platform\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"86236\">automate the process<\/a> of attempting different combinations of usernames and passwords until a correct combination is found. The absence of any blocking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-45777-critical-vulnerability-in-otp-mechanism-bypassing-authentication-in-chavara-matrimony-site\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70932\">mechanism further enhances the vulnerability<\/a>, making the login endpoint susceptible to these automated attacks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2992193825\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>An attacker might exploit this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53084-critical-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-in-wwbn-avideo-14-4\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"68075\">vulnerability using a script<\/a> that sends POST requests to the login endpoint. The script would cycle through different combinations of usernames and passwords. A conceptual example of this might look like this:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/vendor\/login HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/x-www-form-urlencoded\nusername=admin&amp;password=123456<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the above example, the script would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9114-critical-arbitrary-user-password-change-vulnerability-in-doccure-wordpress-theme\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"88315\">change<\/a> the `username` and `password` parameters in each request. Without adequate security controls, the server would process each login attempt, potentially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47982-improper-input-validation-vulnerability-in-windows-storage-vsp-driver-leading-to-privilege-escalation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75600\">leading to an attacker discovering valid<\/a> login credentials.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation &#038; Recommendations <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The best mitigation strategy for CVE-2025-50850 is to apply the vendor patch as soon as it&#8217;s available. In the meantime, it is advisable to implement a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to provide temporary mitigation. These solutions can help detect and prevent brute-force attacks by limiting the rate of login attempts or blocking IP addresses that make too many unsuccessful attempts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview This article discusses a critical vulnerability, CVE-2025-50850, impacting CS Cart version 4.18.3. This vulnerability is of significant concern as it affects vendor login functionality and could potentially lead to unauthorized system access and data loss. The lack of essential security controls such as CAPTCHA verification and rate limiting opens up the system to brute-force [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-59926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59926"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81124,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59926\/revisions\/81124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59926"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=59926"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=59926"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=59926"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=59926"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=59926"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=59926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}