CVE-2024-5669

MEDIUM

WooCommerce Accordion FAQ Plugin <1.6.4 - XSS

Title source: llm

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.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3126842/faq-for-woocommerce/trunk/includes/admin/faq-woocommerce-admin-functions.php

Product

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/faq-for-woocommerce/trunk/includes/admin/faq-woocommerce-admin-functions.php#L471

Third Party Advisory

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c5a404de-ee26-44af-9e4f-f93694da7a77?source=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 6.4

EPSS 0.0037

EPSS Percentile 29.1%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-862

Status published

Products (2)

happydevs/Happy WooCommerce FAQs – Ultimate Product FAQ Plugin < 1.7.0

optemiz/XPlainer – WooCommerce Product FAQ [WooCommerce Accordion FAQ Plugin] < 1.6.4

Published Jul 09, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026