Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
EAN for WooCommerce before 4.4.3 can let a logged-in Contributor or higher place unsafe shortcode attributes into content. When someone views the affected page or post, script could run in their browser. This is a moderate website integrity and account-risk issue, not evidence of server takeover.
Executive priority
Treat as a moderate priority for WordPress environments with multiple content authors. Patch during the next standard maintenance window, faster if untrusted contributors can publish or edit content.
Technical view
The plugin failed to validate and escape some shortcode attributes before rendering them in embedded pages or posts. The issue is stored cross-site scripting, CWE-79, with CVSS 3.1 score 5.4: network reachable, low complexity, low privileges required, user interaction required, and changed scope.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to WordPress sites running EAN for WooCommerce below 4.4.3 where Contributor-level or higher users can create or edit content containing the affected shortcode.
Exploitation context
The provided sources indicate exploitability through stored XSS and WPScan labels an exploit reference. KEV is false, and the bundle provides no evidence of active exploitation in the wild.
Researcher notes
Focus validation on shortcode attribute handling and stored rendering paths. The key constraints are authenticated low privilege access and victim page viewing. Do not infer unauthenticated impact, remote code execution, or active exploitation from the supplied evidence.
Mitigation direction
- Update EAN for WooCommerce to version 4.4.3 or later.
- Review vendor and WordPress plugin guidance for any additional remediation.
- Restrict Contributor or higher roles to trusted users only.
- Audit existing posts and pages using EAN for WooCommerce shortcodes.
- Remove or sanitize suspicious shortcode attributes in existing content.
Validation and detection
- Inventory WordPress sites for EAN for WooCommerce installations.
- Confirm installed plugin versions are 4.4.3 or later.
- Review users with Contributor, Author, Editor, or Administrator roles.
- Check pages and posts containing the plugin shortcode for unexpected attributes.
- Verify rendered shortcode output escapes user-controlled attributes in staging.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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CWE-79: User-session and phishing behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.4 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N2.32.7Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
5.4MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/450f94a3-56b1-41c7-ac29-fbda1dc04794CVE reference · exploit, vdb-entry
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CWE details
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Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.