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FiboSearch for WooCommerce CVE-2026-100106

| EUVDEUVD-2026-102816 MEDIUM
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2026-10-16 Wordfence GHSA-xmfq-pgq5-whgc
6.4
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Wordfence
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Register subscriber account on store
  2. Delivery
    Load profile.php with crafted purchased_plan parameter
  3. Exploit
    Inject unsanitized script into stored output
  4. Execution
    Script executes when admin views page
  5. Impact
    Hijack admin session or actions

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires (1) an authenticated account at Subscriber level or above - practical on WooCommerce stores that permit open customer registration, but excludes anonymous attackers; and (2) a specific non-default precondition stated in the description: the site owner must have previously completed the standard Freemius opt-in flow. Only once that opt-in is active can a Subscriber reach the vulnerable handler by loading /wp-admin/profile.php with the crafted 'purchased_plan' query parameters. The payload executes in the browser of any user who subsequently views the injected page, so impact depends on a privileged user (e.g., an administrator) visiting it. Installations that never completed the Freemius opt-in are not exploitable via this path, which meaningfully narrows the exposed population below the raw version-match count.

Impact

This is a genuine but moderate-priority issue, not a top-tier emergency. The CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.4 (Medium) is driven by a scope change (S:C) typical of stored XSS, but every other signal tempers the urgency. The vector requires authenticated access (PR:L), and the description confirms this is subscriber-level - a low bar on sites with open registration (common for WooCommerce stores), but still a non-zero prerequisite that excludes fully unauthenticated attackers. No EPSS score, KEV listing, or POC was provided in the input, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of active exploitation. Critically, exploitation is gated on a configuration precondition stated in the description - the site owner must have previously completed the Freemius opt-in flow - which means not all installations are exploitable in their default state. The signals are therefore consistent rather than conflicting: a real, reportable stored-XSS flaw (reported by Wordfence, patched in 1.34.3) with limited blast radius (C:L/I:L, admin-area execution) and meaningful preconditions. Prioritize as a routine patch-when-convenient item for sites allowing self-registration, not an urgent out-of-band response.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

On a WooCommerce store that allows customer self-registration and whose owner has completed the FiboSearch/Freemius opt-in, an attacker registers a free Subscriber account and loads /wp-admin/profile.php with a malicious 'purchased_plan' query parameter, injecting a script payload that is stored and reflected without sanitization. The payload then executes in the browser of any user who views the affected admin page, potentially including an administrator, enabling session or action hijacking in the admin context. No public exploit code was identified in the provided data, and the network vector with low attack complexity (AV:N/AC:L) makes the request itself trivial to craft.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 16, 2026

Stored cross-site scripting in the FiboSearch - Ajax Search for WooCommerce WordPress plugin, in all versions up to and including 1.34.2, lets an authenticated attacker with Subscriber-level access or above inject arbitrary JavaScript through the 'purchased_plan' parameter that later executes in the browser of any user viewing the affected admin page. Exploitation is gated by a non-default precondition: the site owner must have already completed the standard Freemius opt-in flow, after which a Subscriber can trigger the vulnerable handler simply by loading /wp-admin/profile.php with crafted query parameters. Scored CVSS 3.1 6.4 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N), the issue is confirmed fixed in 1.34.3; no public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and it is not listed as actively exploited.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: upgrade FiboSearch - Ajax Search for WooCommerce to version 1.34.3 or later, which is the tagged release immediately following 1.34.2 and is confirmed in the upstream changeset (tags/1.34.2 to tags/1.34.3); the full code diff is available at https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3734423%40ajax-search-for-woocommerce%2Ftags%2F1.34.3&old=3684506%40ajax-search-for-woocommerce%2Ftags%2F1.34.2, and the vendor advisory is at https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7db3475a-3a70-4776-8ea3-337192f88973?source=cve. If immediate upgrade is not possible, the most effective compensating control is to eliminate the precondition itself: sites that have not completed the Freemius opt-in flow are not reachable via the described /wp-admin/profile.php path, so deferring or avoiding that opt-in removes the exposure - with the trade-off that Freemius licensing, update, and telemetry features remain unavailable. Second, restrict who can hold even low-privilege accounts by disabling open customer registration on WooCommerce stores where Subscribers can be self-created, since Subscriber-level access is the only authentication barrier required (a meaningful operational trade-off for stores relying on guest self-registration). Third, deploy a WAF rule or virtual patch that blocks or sanitizes the 'purchased_plan' parameter on /wp-admin/profile.php requests, accepting that WAF coverage is bypass-prone and not a substitute for the upgrade. As a last resort, deactivate the plugin until patched. Sites should also review recently registered Subscriber accounts and audit admin-facing notice content for injected markup, since any stored payload persists until the affected data is removed. No vendor-released patch was identified for other plugins that may bundle the same Freemius SDK build; those should be reviewed separately.

Affected VersionsENISA

FiboSearch – Ajax Search for WooCommerce 0 ≤1.34.2

Affected Packages

euvd fibosearch_ajax_search_for_woocommerce no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

This is a CWE-79 improper neutralization of input during web page generation (stored/persistent XSS) rooted in the Freemius WordPress SDK bundled inside the plugin under vendor/freemius/wordpress-sdk/. The referenced source locations - class-freemius.php (L4548), fs-core-functions.php (L223), class-fs-admin-notice-manager.php (L421), templates/admin-notice.php (L110), fs-html-escaping-functions.php (L123), plus assets/js/admin.js and assets/js/tooltip.min.js - trace the 'purchased_plan' value from input handling through to admin-notice rendering, where insufficient sanitization on input and insufficient escaping on output allow attacker-controlled markup to persist in a page served to other users. The CVSS vector's scope-change flag (S:C) reflects that the injected script runs in the session of a user whose privileges differ from the injecting Subscriber, crossing an authorization boundary; low confidentiality and integrity impact with no availability impact is consistent with cookie/session and page-content tampering rather than server compromise. The affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:damian-gora:fibosearch_-_ajax_search_for_woocommerce:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, reported by Wordfence. Because the flaw lives in the shared Freemius SDK rather than plugin-specific code, other plugins bundling the same SDK build could theoretically carry the same pattern, though this advisory scopes only the FiboSearch plugin.

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Severity by source

Vendor (Wordfence) PRIMARY 6.4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
vuln.today AI 6.4 MEDIUM

Subscriber auth gives PR:L; request is network and simple (AV:N/AC:L); stored XSS executing in another user's admin context yields S:C with limited C:L/I:L and no availability impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (Wordfence).

CVSS VectorVendor: Wordfence

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

The FiboSearch - Ajax Search for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'purchased_plan' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.34.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Exploitation requires that the site owner has previously completed the standard Freemius opt-in flow; once that condition is met, any Subscriber can reach the vulnerable handler simply by loading /wp-admin/profile.php with the requisite query parameters.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 87% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
popular WooCommerce search plugin, large but not universal install base
Social Media
1
Sightings
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

32
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +32
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.

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