Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain contributor-level WordPress account
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DeliveryInsert shortcode with malicious 'type' attribute
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ExploitSave post (bypasses wp_kses_post filter)
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ExecutionShortcode expands payload at render
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PersistScript executes in victim's browser
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ImpactSession hijack or privileged action
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 | Requires an authenticated WordPress account with contributor-level privileges or above (PR:L) on a site running Waitlist Woocommerce (Back in stock notifier) ≤2.9.1. The attacker must place the plugin's shortcode with a crafted 'type' attribute into a post or page; the standard wp_kses_post sanitization on contributor save does not block it because shortcode attribute values are not HTML and pass through kses unchanged, with the payload materializing only when the shortcode is expanded at render. Limiting factors: exploitation is impossible without a contributor+ account (so sites that do not grant untrusted users contributor access are largely unexposed), and the injected script only fires when another user actually views the injected page. |
| Impact | This is a genuine but moderate-priority issue, consistent with its 6.4 (Medium) CVSS and the vuln.today 'this_month' decision label rather than an emergency. The CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N shows network reach and low complexity, but PR:L means the attacker must already hold a contributor-level (or higher) authenticated account, which is the key gating factor and keeps this well below the severity of an unauthenticated flaw. The scope change (S:C) and C:L/I:L reflect a stored XSS whose payload executes in the browsers of other users (including higher-privileged ones) who view the injected page - the real impact driver. No EPSS score and no KEV status were supplied, so there is no quantitative exploitation-probability or active-exploitation signal; absence of KEV should be read as 'not listed/known,' not as 'safe.' No public exploit or PoC reference was provided either. The signals are internally consistent (authenticated stored XSS, medium severity, routine-patch urgency) with no contradictions, but the lack of EPSS/KEV data means the external-exploitation picture is simply unknown. Net: a real vulnerability worth patching on a normal monthly cycle, elevated only where untrusted contributor accounts exist. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who holds or obtains a WordPress contributor account on a site running this plugin creates or edits a post containing the plugin's shortcode with a malicious 'type' attribute carrying a script payload. Because the payload lives in a shortcode attribute (not HTML), the wp_kses_post filter applied on contributor save leaves it intact, and it is rendered into executable script when the shortcode expands at page-view time. When an editor, administrator, or visitor opens the page, the script runs in their session, enabling session/credential theft or actions in their context. No public exploit code was identified in the supplied data. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 28, 2026
Stored cross-site scripting in the Waitlist WooCommerce (Back in stock notifier) plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 2.9.1, lets an authenticated user with contributor-level access or above place the plugin's shortcode with a crafted 'type' attribute into a post or page and have arbitrary script execute in the browser of anyone who views that page. The wp_kses_post filter applied on contributor post save does not stop the payload because shortcode attribute values contain no HTML markup and pass through kses unchanged, with the script only materializing when the shortcode is expanded at render time. Rated 6.4 (Medium) with the CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N; no confirmed active exploitation (not in CISA KEV) and no public exploit identified at time of analysis, with the vuln.today priority label placing it at 'this_month' rather than emergency.
RemediationAI
No exact released fix version is stated in the available data; the plugin's trunk includes/xoo-wl-functions.php was modified in changeset 3765571 (https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3765571/waitlist-woocommerce/trunk/includes/xoo-wl-functions.php), so an upstream fix is available in the plugin repository but a tagged release incorporating it is not independently confirmed here - verify the current plugin version on wordpress.org and apply it, or remove/disable the plugin if it is not essential. Because exploitation requires an authenticated account at contributor level or above plus a victim viewing the injected page, the most effective compensating control is to stop granting contributor or higher roles to untrusted users: audit existing contributor-and-above accounts, downgrade or remove those that do not need publishing rights, and avoid multi-author setups where low-trust accounts can create content on pages other users visit. Reviewing existing posts and pages for the plugin's shortcode with unexpected 'type' attribute values can identify prior injections, but note that content review is a detective, not preventive, measure and will not stop a new payload from being saved. Consult the Wordfence advisory at https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/41348b65-97d7-467f-801f-a168eb366bba?source=cve for the vendor's own remediation guidance and confirmation of the fixed version.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The vulnerable code is the WordPress plugin 'waitlist-woocommerce' published by Xootix, whose CPE is cpe:2.3:a:xootix:waitlist_woocommerce_(_back_in_stock_notifier_) and whose shortcode rendering helpers live in includes/xoo-wl-functions.php (referenced lines 114, 155 and 170 in tag 2.9.0). The flaw is CWE-79 (improper neutralization of input during web page generation, i.e. cross-site scripting) arising from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of the shortcode's 'type' attribute. The interesting technical nuance is that WordPress's wp_kses_post output filter runs on post content when a contributor saves it, but kses operates on HTML tokens only; a value living inside a shortcode attribute is not an HTML attribute, so the payload survives the save-time filter untouched and is only interpolated into markup later, when the shortcode is expanded during page rendering. That save-versus-render split is why the standard contributor-level kses protection does not mitigate this issue and why output escaping at render time is the required fix. The CVSS scope change (S:C) reflects that the injected script executes in the context of the affected WordPress site rather than the injecting user's own content.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Contributor account required so PR:L; network-reachable, low complexity; stored XSS executes in other users' browsers giving S:C with C:L/I:L and no availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (Wordfence).
CVSS VectorVendor: Wordfence
DescriptionCVE.org
The Waitlist Woocommerce ( Back in stock notifier ) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'type' Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The wp_kses_post filter applied on contributor post save does not prevent this vulnerability because shortcode attribute values are not HTML and pass through kses unchanged; the payload is materialized only at render time when the shortcode is expanded.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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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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