CVE-2024-4455

HIGHNuclei

YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search <= 2.4.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Title source: CVE List
STIX 2.1 vulnerability

Record summary

CVE-2024-4455 has a selected CVSS score of 7.2 (high); EIP currently links 1 Nuclei template.

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.

Description source: CVE List

Exploitation context

Known exploitation

VulnCheck KEV
Listed · May 24, 2024 · VulnCheck
Reported exploitation
Observed · VulnCheck

Available material

Nuclei templates
1

CISA SSVC decision

ExploitationNone
AutomatableNo
Technical impactPartial

CISA Coordinator · SSVC 2.0.3 · Evaluated May 24, 2024 · Source: CVE List

Affected products and versions

2
ProductSourceVersion range

WooCommerce Ajax Search Plugin for WordPress

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VulnCheckVersion data not supplied

YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search

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Default status: unaffected

CVE ListThrough 2.4.0affected

Nuclei templates

1
ProjectDiscoveryHIGHYITH WooCommerce Ajax Search <= 2.4.0 - Cross-Site ScriptingCVSS 7.2

The YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'queryString' parameter in the REST API endpoint /ywcas/v1/register in versions up to, and including, 2.4.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping.

Impact

Attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in users' browsers, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or redirection.

Remediation

Update YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search plugin to version 2.4.1 or later.

WeaknessesCWE-79
AuthorsShivam Kamboj
Template tagscvecve2024wordpresswpwp-pluginxssyithwoocommerceauthenticatedvkev
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4455 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cf0f5fd4-cd06-4d11-9f22-1f417b546afb https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/yith-woocommerce-ajax-search/wordpress-yith-woocommerce-ajax-search-plugin-2-4-0-unauthenticated-stored-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability

Source: ProjectDiscovery

References

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