SB2020062314 - Cross-site scripting in WooCommerce plugin for WordPress

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.

1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: N/A)

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in SelectWoo. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in 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.

References

• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10282/
• https://woocommerce.wordpress.com/2020/06/22/woocommerce-4-2-1-security-and-fix-release/
• https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/commit/40f7c2d474e242440b2fb9a886353f5a8772a210
• https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/commit/14a26aca2cde9c81ade02bdc6dd0a34e184a4202
• https://github.com/woocommerce/selectWoo/releases/tag/1.0.7