Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-9944

CVE-2024-9944:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The WooCommerce plugin for WordPress contains an HTML Injection vulnerability (CVE-2024-9944) affecting all versions up to and including 9.0.2. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Wordfence, with the fix being released in version 9.1.0 (Wordfence Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from the plugin's failure to properly neutralize HTML elements from submitted order forms. This is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). The vulnerability has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.1 (MEDIUM) from NIST with a vector string of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N (NVD).

Impact

When exploited, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary HTML that will render when administrators view order form submissions. This could potentially lead to cross-site scripting attacks when administrators access the affected areas (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in WooCommerce version 9.1.0. Site administrators are strongly advised to update to this version or later to protect against this security issue (WPScan).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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