CVE-2023-2452 describes a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Advanced Woo Search plugin for WordPress, affecting versions up to and including 2.77. This flaw stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping within admin settings. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.4 (Medium), indicating that authenticated attackers with administrator-level permissions can inject malicious web scripts. This specifically impacts multi-site installations or those with unfiltered_html disabled, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.77CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:advanced-woo-search:advanced_woo_search:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.