# CVE-2023-5325: Woocommerce Vietnam Checkout < 2.0.6 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS

> Unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts via the shipping phone field, potentially compromising user sessions and site integrity.

- **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:** 27 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8w35-mhqw-h887

## What is CVE-2023-5325?

CVE-2023-5325 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Woocommerce Vietnam Checkout, published on 27 Nov 2023. 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 Woocommerce Vietnam Checkout WordPress plugin before 2.0.6 does not escape the custom shipping phone field no the checkout form leading to XSS

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5325?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Levantoan Woocommerce Vietnam Checkout.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-5325?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5325 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-5325 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5325 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Woocommerce Vietnam Checkout

- [CVE-2022-46843](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-46843/): WordPress Woocommerce Vietnam Checkout Plugin <= 2.0.4 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-24885](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24885/): WordPress Woocommerce Vietnam Checkout Plugin <= 2.0.7 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 5.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-5325 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-5325 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Woocommerce Vietnam Checkout, published on 27 Nov 2023. 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-2023-5325 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Woocommerce Vietnam Checkout. 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-2023-5325/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5325/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5325
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5325
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5325

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5325/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.