Vulnerability · Published Jul 9, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2024-5669XPlainer – WooCommerce Product FAQ [WooCommerce Accordion FAQ Plugin] <= 1.7.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Medium 6.4

In plain English

A medium-severity missing authorization in Happy WooCommerce FAQs – Ultimate Product FAQ Plugin from happydevs. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 31% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 69.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The XPlainer – WooCommerce Product FAQ [WooCommerce Accordion FAQ Plugin] plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'ffw_activate_template' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to store cross-site scripting that will trigger when viewing the dashboard templates or accessing FAQs.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
happydevs	Happy WooCommerce FAQs – Ultimate Product FAQ Plugin	0 – through 1.7.0

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Official description

Affected products (as reported)

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