CVE-2024-4455 YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search <= 2.4.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via the item parameter, leading to script execution when users view affected pages.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-4455?
CVE-2024-4455 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in yithemes YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search, published on 24 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘item’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.4.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers 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-2024-4455?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Yithemes Yith Woocommerce Ajax Search.
How do I fix CVE-2024-4455?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4455 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-2024-4455 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-4455 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template.