# CVE-2024-13472: Cross-site scripting in Product Table and List Builder for WooCommerce Lite

> Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary shortcodes and inject malicious scripts via reflected XSS in the WooCommerce Product Table Lite plugin.

- **Severity:** High 7.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 31 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3fvr-862m-r48q

## What is CVE-2024-13472?

CVE-2024-13472 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in wcproducttable Product Table and List Builder for WooCommerce Lite, published on 31 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The The WooCommerce Product Table Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.4. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes. The same 'sc_attrs' parameter is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting as well.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13472?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wcproducttable Woocommerce Product Table.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-13472?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13472 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-13472 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13472 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in wcproducttable Product Table and List Builder for WooCommerce Lite

- [CVE-2024-10899](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10899/): Cross-site scripting in Product Table and List Builder for WooCommerce Lite (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2024-43128](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43128/): WordPress WooCommerce Product Table Lite plugin <= 3.5.1 - Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-6458](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6458/): WooCommerce Product Table Lite <= 3.5.1 - Missing Authorization to (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2025-24596](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24596/): WordPress WooCommerce Product Table Lite plugin <= 3.8.7 - Broken Access Control vulnerability (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-13472 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-13472 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in wcproducttable Product Table and List Builder for WooCommerce Lite, published on 31 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13472 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: wcproducttable Product Table and List Builder for WooCommerce Lite. 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-2024-13472/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13472/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13472
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13472
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13472

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13472/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.