CVE-2023-6494 WPC Smart Quick View for WooCommerce <= 4.0.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Administrators can inject arbitrary scripts via admin settings in WPC Smart Quick View for WooCommerce, affecting multi-site or restricted HTML installations.
- 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-2023-6494?
CVE-2023-6494 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in wpclever WPC Smart Quick View for WooCommerce, published on 13 Apr 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WPC Smart Quick View for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.2 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-2023-6494?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpclever Wpc Smart Quick View for Woocommerce.
How do I fix CVE-2023-6494?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6494 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-2023-6494 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6494 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mmxc-5v3c-g7jc.