CVE-2024-1796 Cross-site scripting in HUSKY – Products Filter Professional for WooCommerce

Medium 6.4 Published 15 Mar 2024 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts via shortcode attributes, leading to code execution when users view affected pages.

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-2024-1796?

CVE-2024-1796 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in realmag777 HUSKY – Products Filter Professional for WooCommerce, published on 15 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The HUSKY – Products Filter for WooCommerce Professional plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'woof' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.5.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes such as 'swoof_slug'. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions 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-2024-1796?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Pluginus Husky - Products Filter Professional for Woocommerce.

How do I fix CVE-2024-1796?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1796 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-2024-1796 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1796 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7r99-fr8j-h2pq.