CVE-2024-1697 Custom WooCommerce Checkout Fields Editor <= 1.3.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts into checkout pages, potentially leading to session hijacking or malicious actions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-1697?
CVE-2024-1697 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in themelocation Custom WooCommerce Checkout Fields Editor, published on 23 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Custom WooCommerce Checkout Fields Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the save_wcfe_options function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1697?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Themelocation Custom Woocommerce Checkout Fields Editor.
How do I fix CVE-2024-1697?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1697 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-2024-1697 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1697 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j36f-wgwh-98h3.