EAN for WooCommerce < 4.4.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Priority MEDIUM 58Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The EAN for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 4.4.3 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00573 47th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed EAN for WooCommerce (Unknown): 4.4.3
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | EAN for WooCommerce | before 4.4.3 | 4.4.3 | Patch available | CNA |
- EAN for WooCommerce VendorUnknown Affected before 4.4.3 Fixed in 4.4.3 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA EAN for WooCommerce (Unknown) Fixed in 4.4.3
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-0062
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5f5g-6jw3-p3rp
References
More WPFactory Ean For Woocommerce vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-22710 WordPress EAN for WooCommerce plugin <= 4.8.9 - Arbitrary Option Update to Privilege Escalation vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2023-06297 Cross-site scripting in WPFactory EAN Barcode Generator for WooCommerce: UPC, ISBN & GTIN… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
- TI-2023-06302 EAN for WooCommerce <= 4.9.2 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Sensitve Information Exposure via Shortcode CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2023-0062 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-0062 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5f5g-6jw3-p3rp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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