SB2017010401 - XSS in WooCommerce plugin for WordPress



SB2017010401 - XSS in WooCommerce plugin for WordPress

Published: January 4, 2017 Updated: January 5, 2017

Security Bulletin ID SB2017010401
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10112)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability in WooCommerce WordPress plugin is caused by incorrect filtration of tax-rate table values passed in CSV format. A remote attacker can trick the victim to upload a specially crafted csv file and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in administrator’s browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.



Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.