Share Cart for WooCommerce Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/share-cart-for-woocommerce

Enable customers to share WooCommerce carts via URL for collaborative shopping, gift planning, and social commerce.

100 active installs v1.2 PHP 7.4+ WP 5.0+ Updated Dec 3, 2025
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A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
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Safety Verdict

Is Share Cart for WooCommerce Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

Share Cart for WooCommerce has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 4mo ago
Risk Assessment

The 'share-cart-for-woocommerce' v1.2 plugin demonstrates some good security practices, including the complete absence of unpatched vulnerabilities and the exclusive use of prepared statements for all SQL queries. Output is also consistently escaped, and external HTTP requests are not made. However, the static analysis reveals several areas of concern. The presence of the `unserialize` function, especially without clear sanitization context, is a significant risk as it can lead to Remote Code Execution if exploited with malicious serialized data. Furthermore, the taint analysis identified a flow with an unsanitized path, flagged as high severity, indicating a potential vulnerability that needs immediate attention. While there are no recorded CVEs, the internal code signals of `unserialize` and the high-severity taint flow suggest potential undiscovered vulnerabilities. The plugin has a relatively small attack surface with no exposed endpoints without authentication, but the identified code signals and taint analysis findings present notable risks that outweigh the strengths.

Key Concerns

  • High severity unsanitized taint flow
  • Use of unserialize function
  • Taint analysis: flow with unsanitized paths
  • No capability checks for entry points
Vulnerabilities
None known

Share Cart for WooCommerce Security Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities — this is a good sign.
Code Analysis
Analyzed Mar 16, 2026

Share Cart for WooCommerce Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
1
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
0
4 escaped
Nonce Checks
1
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
2
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Dangerous Functions Found

unserialize$cart = unserialize( file_get_contents( $file ) );includes\share-cart-url.php:51

Output Escaping

100% escaped4 total outputs
Data Flows
1 unsanitized

Data Flow Analysis

2 flows1 with unsanitized paths
<share-cart-url> (includes\share-cart-url.php:0)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface

Share Cart for WooCommerce Attack Surface

Entry Points3
Unprotected0

AJAX Handlers 2

authwp_ajax_generate_share_linkincludes\share-cart-url.php:30
noprivwp_ajax_generate_share_linkincludes\share-cart-url.php:31

Shortcodes 1

[share_cart_url] includes\share-cart-url.php:25
WordPress Hooks 9
filterwoocommerce_settings_tabs_arrayincludes\setting.php:13
actionwoocommerce_settings_tabs_share_cart_urlincludes\setting.php:14
actionwoocommerce_update_options_share_cart_urlincludes\setting.php:15
actionwoocommerce_load_cart_from_sessionincludes\share-cart-url.php:27
filterwoocommerce_update_cart_action_cart_updatedincludes\share-cart-url.php:28
actionwoocommerce_before_calculate_totalsincludes\share-cart-url.php:29
actionwp_enqueue_scriptsincludes\share-cart-url.php:33
actionplugins_loadedshare-cart-for-woocommerce.php:45
filterplugin_row_metashare-cart-for-woocommerce.php:64
Maintenance & Trust

Share Cart for WooCommerce Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.9.4
Last updatedDec 3, 2025
PHP min version7.4
Downloads1K

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings2
Active installs100
Developer Profile

Share Cart for WooCommerce Developer Profile

Nitya Saha

3 plugins · 130 total installs

94
trust score
Avg Security Score
100/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Share Cart for WooCommerce

Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/share-cart-for-woocommerce/assets/css/share-cart-style.css/wp-content/plugins/share-cart-for-woocommerce/assets/js/share-cart-script.js
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/share-cart-for-woocommerce/assets/js/share-cart-script.js
Version Parameters
share-cart-for-woocommerce/assets/css/share-cart-style.css?ver=share-cart-for-woocommerce/assets/js/share-cart-script.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
share-cart-btn
Data Attributes
id="share-cart-btn"id="share-cart-url"
JS Globals
scurl_ajax_object
REST Endpoints
/wp-json/wp/v2/posts
Shortcode Output
<button id="share-cart-btn">Share this cart</button> <div id="share-cart-url"></div>
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Share Cart for WooCommerce