CVE-2023-44986
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in Tyche Softwares Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce plugin, affecting versions 5.15.2 and below. The vulnerability was identified on October 2, 2023, and requires administrator-level authentication to exploit (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.8 (MEDIUM) according to NIST, and 5.9 (MEDIUM) according to Patchstack. The CVSS vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, indicating that the vulnerability requires network access, low attack complexity, high privileges, and user interaction (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow a malicious actor with administrator privileges to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts would be executed when guests visit the affected site (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 5.16.0 of the Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce plugin. Users are advised to update to version 5.16.0 or later to remove the vulnerability (Patchstack).

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