CVE-2024-9944

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CWE-79)

Published: Oct 15, 2024 / Updated: 35d ago

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CVSS 6.1EPSS 0.05%Medium
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Summary

The WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to HTML Injection in all versions up to, and including, 9.0.2. This vulnerability is due to the plugin not properly neutralizing HTML elements from submitted order forms. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary HTML that will render when the administrator views order form submissions.

Impact

This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary HTML into order form submissions. When an administrator views these submissions, the injected HTML will render, potentially leading to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. This can result in the execution of malicious scripts in the administrator's browser context, potentially leading to theft of sensitive information, session hijacking, or other malicious actions performed with administrative privileges. The impact is categorized as LOW for both confidentiality and integrity, with no direct impact on availability.

Exploitation

There is no evidence that a public proof-of-concept exists. There is no evidence of proof of exploitation at the moment.

Patch

A patch is available. The vulnerability has been addressed in WooCommerce version 9.1.0 and later. Users should update to this version or higher to mitigate the risk.

Mitigation

1. Update WooCommerce to version 9.1.0 or later immediately. 2. If immediate updating is not possible, consider implementing additional input validation and output encoding for order form submissions. 3. Monitor administrator accounts for suspicious activities. 4. Implement Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to reduce the risk of XSS attacks. 5. Educate administrators about the risks of XSS and teach them to be cautious when viewing order submissions.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Timeline

First Article

Feedly found the first article mentioning CVE-2024-9944. See article

Oct 15, 2024 at 5:34 AM / CVE
CVSS Estimate

Feedly estimated the CVSS score as HIGH

Oct 15, 2024 at 5:35 AM
CVE Assignment

NVD published the first details for CVE-2024-9944

Oct 15, 2024 at 6:15 AM
CVSS

A CVSS base score of 5.3 has been assigned.

Oct 15, 2024 at 6:20 AM / nvd
CVSS Estimate

Feedly estimated the CVSS score as MEDIUM

Oct 15, 2024 at 6:37 AM
EPSS

EPSS Score was set to: 0.05% (Percentile: 16.4%)

Oct 16, 2024 at 9:58 AM
CVSS

A CVSS base score of 6.1 has been assigned.

Oct 17, 2024 at 8:50 PM / nvd
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Affected Systems

Woocommerce/woocommerce
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Patches

github.com
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Attack Patterns

CAPEC-209: XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch
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References

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News

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Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting (XSS) CVE: CVE-2024-9528 Number of Installations: 500,000+ Affected Software: Contact Form Plugin by Fluent Forms <= 5.1.19 Patched Versions: Contact Form Plugin by Fluent Forms 5.1.20 Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting (XSS) CVE: CVE-2024-8499 Number of Installations: 400,000+ Affected Software: Checkout Field Editor for WooCommerce <= 2.0.3 Patched Versions: Checkout Field Editor for WooCommerce 2.0.4
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Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting (XSS) CVE: CVE-2024-9528 Number of Installations: 500,000+ Affected Software: Contact Form Plugin by Fluent Forms <= 5.1.19 Patched Versions: Contact Form Plugin by Fluent Forms 5.1.20 Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting (XSS) CVE: CVE-2024-8499 Number of Installations: 400,000+ Affected Software: Checkout Field Editor for WooCommerce <= 2.0.3 Patched Versions: Checkout Field Editor for WooCommerce 2.0.4
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CVSS V3.1

Attack Vector:Network
Attack Complexity:Low
Privileges Required:None
User Interaction:Required
Scope:Changed
Confidentiality:Low
Integrity:Low
Availability Impact:None

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