CVE-2026-23797
📋 TL;DR
Quick.Cart stores user passwords in plaintext, allowing attackers with administrative privileges to view them on the user editing page. This affects all Quick.Cart installations with vulnerable versions, potentially exposing all user credentials to compromised or malicious administrators.
💻 Affected Systems
- Quick.Cart
📦 What is this software?
Quick.cart by Opensolution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
An attacker with admin access can harvest all user passwords, leading to credential reuse attacks, account takeovers across multiple systems, and complete compromise of user accounts.
Likely Case
Malicious administrator or compromised admin account exposes user passwords, enabling unauthorized access to user accounts within the application.
If Mitigated
With proper access controls and monitoring, impact is limited to authorized administrators who already have full system access.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires administrative privileges. Attack involves simply viewing the user editing page where passwords are displayed in plaintext.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Unknown
Vendor Advisory: None available
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
No official patch available. Vendor was notified but did not respond with vulnerability details or fixes.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Implement password hashing
allModify Quick.Cart source code to hash passwords using bcrypt or similar strong hashing algorithm instead of storing in plaintext
Restrict admin access
allLimit administrative privileges to only essential personnel and implement multi-factor authentication for admin accounts
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Monitor admin account activity and implement strict access controls
- Force password rotation for all users and implement credential monitoring
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check if user passwords are displayed in plaintext on the user editing page when logged in as administratorCheck Version:
Check Quick.Cart version in admin panel or configuration filesVerify Fix Applied:
Verify passwords are no longer visible in plaintext and are stored as hashed values in the database📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Multiple admin logins from unusual locations
- Unusual access patterns to user editing pages
Network Indicators:
- Unusual admin panel access patterns
SIEM Query:
source="quickcart_logs" AND (event="admin_login" OR event="user_edit") AND user="admin"