TI-2023-00075 Aliases CVE-2023-0079 GHSA-grw9-xhr2-wcp3

Customer Reviews for WooCommerce < 5.17.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

MEDIUM 58CWE-79Published 2024-01-16 · Updated 2025-06-02

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

The Customer Reviews for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 5.17.0 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 0.00534 45th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD

Fix Fixed Customer Reviews for WooCommerce (Unknown): 5.17.0

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	Customer Reviews for WooCommerce	before 5.17.0	5.17.0	Patch available	CNA

Customer Reviews for WooCommerce VendorUnknown Affected before 5.17.0 Fixed in 5.17.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:cusrev:customer_reviews_for_woocommerce::::::wordpress::*	before 5.17.0	Vulnerable	ivole

cpe:2.3:a:cusrev:customer_reviews_for_woocommerce:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 5.17.0 Vulnerable ·ivole

Remediation

Fix · CNA Customer Reviews for WooCommerce (Unknown) Fixed in 5.17.0

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-0079
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-grw9-xhr2-wcp3

References

Exploit 1

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fdaba4d1-950d-4512-95de-cd43fe9e73e5/

TI-2023-00076 Customer Reviews for WooCommerce < 5.16.0 - Contributor+ LFI CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2023-06380 Customer Reviews for WooCommerce <= 5.38.9 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Upload CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2022-19061 WordPress Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin <= 5.3.5 - Sensitive Information Disclosure vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2022-17838 WordPress Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin <= 5.3.5 - Authenticated Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2022-18093 WordPress Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin <= 5.3.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2024-00966 Customer Reviews for WooCommerce <= 5.38.10 - Improper Authorization via submit_review CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3

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Sources

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