# CVE-2022-0399: Advanced Product Labels for WooCommerce < 1.2.3.7 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

> Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in Advanced Product Labels for WooCommerce allows attackers to execute arbitrary scripts via the tax_color_set_type parameter.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Mar 2022
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4prx-wp6v-3mjv

## What is CVE-2022-0399?

CVE-2022-0399 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Advanced Product Labels for WooCommerce, published on 14 Mar 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Advanced Product Labels for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 1.2.3.7 does not sanitise and escape the tax_color_set_type parameter before outputting it back in the berocket_apl_color_listener AJAX action's response, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0399?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Berocket Advanced Product Labels for Woocommerce.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-0399?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0399 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-0399 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0399 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-0399 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-0399 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Advanced Product Labels for WooCommerce, published on 14 Mar 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0399 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Advanced Product Labels for WooCommerce. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0399/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0399/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0399
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0399
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-0399

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0399/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.