CVE-2022-1916 Active Products Tables for WooCommerce < 1.0.5 - Reflected Cross-Site-Scripting

Medium 6.1 Published Updated

Attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in users' browsers via unsanitized AJAX parameters in the Active Products Tables for WooCommerce plugin.

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
None listed

What is CVE-2022-1916?

CVE-2022-1916 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Active Products Tables for WooCommerce. Professional products tables for WooCommerce store, published on 27 Jun 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 Active Products Tables for WooCommerce. Professional products tables for WooCommerce store WordPress plugin before 1.0.5 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the response of an AJAX action (available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users), leading to a Reflected cross-Site Scripting

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1916?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Pluginus Woot.

How do I fix CVE-2022-1916?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1916 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2022-1916 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-1916 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5cf8-g57m-35gw.

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