Variation Swatches for WooCommerce <= 2.1.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-42367
CVSS Medium (6.4)
Publicly Published December 1, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Chloe Chamberland
Description

The Variation Swatches for WooCommerce WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via several parameters found in the ~/includes/class-menu-page.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 2.1.1. Due to missing authorization checks on the tawcvs_save_settings function, low-level authenticated users such as subscribers can exploit this vulnerability.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug product-variation-swatches-for-woocommerce (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.1.1
Patched Version
  • 2.1.2
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