CVE-2024-9170 Cross-site scripting in Booster for WooCommerce – PDF Invoices, Abandoned Cart, Variation Swatches & 100+ Tools

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Authenticated attackers with ShopManager access can inject arbitrary scripts via the wcj_product_meta shortcode, leading to stored XSS.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-9170?

CVE-2024-9170 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in pluggabl Booster for WooCommerce – PDF Invoices, Abandoned Cart, Variation Swatches & 100+ Tools, published on 26 Nov 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Booster for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's wcj_product_meta shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 7.2.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with ShopManager-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-2024-9170?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Booster Booster for Woocommerce.

How do I fix CVE-2024-9170?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9170 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-2024-9170 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9170 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-r96p-gqpg-mpgw.

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