CVE-2025-26762
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in Automattic WooCommerce affecting versions through 9.7.0. The vulnerability was disclosed on March 27, 2025, and was assigned identifier CVE-2025-26762 (NVD, Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (CWE-79) that allows for Stored XSS attacks. It received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.9 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability requires Shop Manager privileges to exploit (Patchstack).

Impact

If exploited, this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor 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 fixed in WooCommerce version 9.7.1. Users are advised to update to version 9.7.1 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users have the option to enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).

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