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Composite ProductsWordPress extension · Woocommerce

CVE-2023-32801

MEDIUM · 6.1 CVSS v3.1 Published 2023-08-30
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 8.7.5 or later.
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68/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Unauth. Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WooCommerce Composite Products plugin <= 8.7.5 versions.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

Unauthenticated reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WooCommerce Composite Products plugin versions 8.7.5 and below allows attackers to inject malicious JavaScript through URL parameters that get reflected in the plugin's response without proper input sanitization.

MitigationUpdate WooCommerce Composite Products plugin to a version newer than 8.7.5 which includes the security patch for proper input validation and output encoding.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Composite ProductsWordPress extension
Affected:<= 8.7.5

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Check if WooCommerce Composite Products plugin is installed
    Log into WordPress admin and navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins, or inspect the file system at wp-content/plugins/woocommerce-composite-products/ for the plugin directory.
    Affected if The plugin directory or listing is not found, meaning the plugin is not installed and the site is not affected.
  2. Verify the installed plugin version
    In WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and find WooCommerce Composite Products. The version number is displayed below the plugin name. Alternatively, check the main plugin file header at wp-content/plugins/woocommerce-composite-products/woocommerce-composite-products.php for the Version field.
    Affected if The displayed version number is 8.7.5 or lower.
  3. Confirm the plugin is active on the site
    In WordPress admin Plugins > Installed Plugins, verify that WooCommerce Composite Products shows as Active rather than Inactive.
    Affected if The plugin is active, making the vulnerable code reachable via web requests.

If WooCommerce Composite Products is installed, active, and the version is 8.7.5 or lower, the site is affected by this reflected XSS vulnerability.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 8.7.5
Interim mitigation

Update WooCommerce Composite Products plugin to a version newer than 8.7.5 which includes the security patch for proper input validation and output encoding.

Fix this in Composite Products Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation3.0 h
  • Testing4.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
11.0 hours of engineering $1,900
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