Vulnerability · Published May 24, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-4455YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search <= 2.4.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
High 7.2
In plain English
A high-severity cross-site scripting in YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search from yithemes. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 63% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei.
Official description
The YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘item’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.4.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| yithemes | YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search | 0 – through 2.4.0 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cf0f5fd4-cd06-4d11-9f22-1f417b546afb?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/yith-woocommerce-ajax-search/trunk/includes/admin/class-yith-wcas-admin-statistic-list-table.php#L213
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3091321