WC Vendors Marketplace < 2.4.5 - 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 WC Vendors Marketplace WordPress plugin before 2.4.5 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 0.00685 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed WC Vendors Marketplace (Unknown): 2.4.5
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 | WC Vendors Marketplace | before 2.4.5 | 2.4.5 | Patch available | CNA |
- WC Vendors Marketplace VendorUnknown Affected before 2.4.5 Fixed in 2.4.5 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA WC Vendors Marketplace (Unknown) Fixed in 2.4.5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-0072
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-59fh-9f2q-48c9
References
Sources
- CVE-2023-0072 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-0072 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-59fh-9f2q-48c9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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