Cyber Posture

CVE-2021-47923

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 10 May 2026

Published
10 May 2026
Modified
10 May 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score N/A
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-47923 is a critical-severity Authentication Bypass by Spoofing (CWE-290) vulnerability in Opencart (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

Threat & Defense Details

Likely Mitigating ControlsAI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-290

Reveals spoofed logon attempts through unexpected previous logon timestamps upon legitimate login.

addresses: CWE-290

Training specifically addresses recognizing spoofed communications and phishing that enable authentication bypass.

addresses: CWE-290

Requiring verifiable identity evidence at appropriate assurance levels makes it substantially harder for attackers to successfully spoof or impersonate users to obtain accounts.

addresses: CWE-290

Unique device authentication makes successful spoofing of device identity substantially more difficult to achieve.

addresses: CWE-290

Unique identification of non-organizational users reduces the feasibility of authentication bypass by spoofing.

addresses: CWE-290

Unique identification and authentication of services before communications makes spoofing of service identities substantially harder.

addresses: CWE-290

Isolated trusted path ensures the user interacts only with genuine system components, preventing spoofing of authentication interfaces or prompts.

addresses: CWE-290

Directly counters DNS response spoofing by requiring cryptographic origin authentication artifacts from the authoritative source.

NVD Description

OpenCart 3.0.3.8 contains a session fixation vulnerability that allows attackers to hijack user sessions by injecting arbitrary values into the OCSESSID cookie. Attackers can set malicious OCSESSID cookie values that the server accepts and maintains, enabling session takeover and unauthorized…

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access to user accounts.

Deeper analysisAI

Automated synthesis unavailable for this CVE.

Details

CWE(s)

Affected Products

Opencart
inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

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References