Vulnerability · Published May 31, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-5285Product Subtitle for WooCommerce <= 1.3.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via htmlTag Parameter
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Product Subtitle for WooCommerce from spiderwares. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 22% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Product Subtitle for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘htmlTag’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| spiderwares | Product Subtitle for WooCommerce | 0 – through 1.3.9 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b276b1f7-e618-491f-beb4-675228632fa0?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/product-subtitle-for-woocommerce/tags/1.3.9/includes/plugins/class-pswc-guternburg-block.php#L82
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/product-subtitle-for-woocommerce/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3303358%40product-subtitle-for-woocommerce&new=3303358%40product-subtitle-for-woocommerce&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=