CVE-2024-7846 YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search < 2.7.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via unsanitized block attributes in YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search, potentially compromising user sessions.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-7846?

CVE-2024-7846 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search, published on 23 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search is vulnerable to a XSS vulnerability due to insufficient sanitization of user supplied block attributes. This makes it possible for Contributors+ attackers to inject arbitrary scripts.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7846?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Yithemes Yith Woocommerce Ajax Search.

How do I fix CVE-2024-7846?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7846 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-2024-7846 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-7846 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-h5qj-jjhh-95x5.

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