CVE-2023-2452: The Advanced Woo Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in versions up to, and including,...
Description
The Advanced Woo Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in versions up to, and including, 2.77 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2023-2452
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 4.4
Affected Products
Vendor: mihail-barinov
Product: Advanced Woo Search
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.08% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 36.19% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4278e9d7-aa1e-47a5-b715-09dae5156303?source=cvehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-woo-search/tags/2.77/includes/admin/class-aws-admin-options.php#L473
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-woo-search/tags/2.77/includes/admin/class-aws-admin-options.php#L481