CVE-2024-5669
XPlainer – WooCommerce Product FAQ [WooCommerce Accordion FAQ Plugin] <= 1.7.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.4 Medium
- Published
- Jul 9, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Jun 6, 2024
Description
The XPlainer – WooCommerce Product FAQ [WooCommerce Accordion FAQ Plugin] plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'ffw_activate_template' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to store cross-site scripting that will trigger when viewing the dashboard templates or accessing FAQs.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.4 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Happy WooCommerce FAQs – Ultimate Product FAQ Pluginhappydevs |
|
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c5a404de-ee26-44af-9e4f-f93694da7a77?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3126842/faq-for-woocommerce/trunk/includes/admin/faq-woocommerce-admin-functions.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/faq-for-woocommerce/trunk/includes/admin/faq-woocommerce-admin-functions.php#L471
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