CVE-2025-27347
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The vulnerability CVE-2025-27347 is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the WordPress Direct Checkout Button for WooCommerce plugin versions 1.0 and below. The vulnerability was discovered and published on February 24, 2025, and involves improper neutralization of input during web page generation (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 6.5, indicating a low to moderate severity level. It specifically relates to improper neutralization of input during web page generation, which can lead to Cross-Site Scripting attacks. The vulnerability requires contributor-level privileges to exploit (Patchstack).

Impact

If exploited, this vulnerability could allow malicious actors to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the affected website. These injected scripts would be executed when visitors access the site (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, there is no official fix available for this vulnerability. The issue affects version 1.0 and below of the WordPress Direct Checkout Button for WooCommerce plugin (Patchstack).

Community reactions

The vulnerability was initially reported by security researcher 'theviper17' on February 15, 2025, and was subsequently published by Patchstack on February 24, 2025 (Patchstack).

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