CVE-2023-2450 Cross-site scripting in FiboSearch – Ajax Search for WooCommerce
Administrators can inject scripts via settings in specific WordPress configurations, leading to stored XSS execution for other users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-2450?
CVE-2023-2450 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in damian-gora FiboSearch – Ajax Search for WooCommerce, published on 9 Jun 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The FiboSearch - AJAX Search for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in versions up to, and including, 1.23.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2450?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Fibosearch Fibosearch.
How do I fix CVE-2023-2450?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2450 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-2023-2450 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2450 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in damian-gora FiboSearch – Ajax Search for WooCommerce
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r6rp-cr59-xpm6.