CVE-2024-37297 — WooCommerce is an open-source e-commerce platform built on WordPress

WooCommerce is an open-source e-commerce platform built on WordPress. A vulnerability introduced in WooCommerce 8.8 allows for cross-site scripting. A bad actor can manipulate a link to include malicious HTML & JavaScript content. While the content is not saved to the databas

01What is this vulnerability?

WooCommerce is an open-source e-commerce platform built on WordPress. A vulnerability introduced in WooCommerce 8.8 allows for cross-site scripting. A bad actor can manipulate a link to include malicious HTML & JavaScript content. While the content is not saved to the database, the links may be sent to victims for malicious purposes. The injected JavaScript could hijack content & data stored in…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
woocommerce	woocommerce	>= 8.8.0, < 8.8.5, >= 8.9.0, < 8.9.3

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2024-06-12T15:05:46.468Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-02T03:50:56.092Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/security/advisories/GHSA-cv23-q6gh-xf…
• github.com — https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/commit/0e9888305d0cb9557e58f558526ab1…
• github.com — https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/commit/915e32a42762916b745a7e663c8b69…
• developer.woocommerce.com — https://developer.woocommerce.com/2024/06/10/developer-advisory-xss-vulnerabilit…