CVE-2025-5062: WooCommerce <= 9.4.2 - PostMessage-Based Cross-Site Scripting

6.1 CVSS

Description

The WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PostMessage-Based Cross-Site Scripting via the 'customize-store' page in all versions up to, and including, 9.4.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on PostMessage data. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-5062

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 6.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Problem Types

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Affected Products

Vendor: automattic

Product: WooCommerce

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.1% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 27.75% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-06 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5062
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cc2ee5bb-eeb8-4134-8f3f-b411e56457f0?source=cve
https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/blob/08dbc3b7dea140dd5dc19ee9c9ecd47dac0605b6/plugins/woocommerce/client/admin/client/customize-store/utils.js#L39C1-L56C2
https://developer.woocommerce.com/2024/12/03/woocommerce-9-4-3-and-woocommerce-9-3-4-available-now/
https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/pull/53405/files

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