# CVE-2024-0251: Advanced Woo Search <= 2.96 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

> Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via the search parameter if the Dynamic Content for Elementor plugin is installed.

- **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:** 13 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r54c-g9q5-7fvh

## What is CVE-2024-0251?

CVE-2024-0251 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in mihail-barinov Advanced Woo Search – Product Search for WooCommerce, published on 13 Jan 2024. 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 Woo Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the search parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.96 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. This only affects sites when the Dynamic Content for Elementor plugin is also installed.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0251?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Advanced-Woo-Search Advanced Woo Search.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0251?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0251 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-0251 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0251 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in mihail-barinov Advanced Woo Search – Product Search for WooCommerce

- [CVE-2020-12070](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12070/): Information disclosure in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-2452](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2452/): Advanced Woo Search <= 2.77 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 4.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-0251 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0251 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in mihail-barinov Advanced Woo Search – Product Search for WooCommerce, published on 13 Jan 2024. 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-2024-0251 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: mihail-barinov Advanced Woo Search – Product Search 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-2024-0251/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0251/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0251
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0251
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0251

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0251/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.