Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as low-privilege WordPress user
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DeliveryInject malicious script into catalog field
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ExploitPayload stored in plugin data
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ExecutionAdmin/victim views affected page
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ImpactScript executes in victim browser session
Vulnerability Assessment
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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 an authenticated WordPress account with at least low-level privileges (PR:L) capable of creating or editing eCommerce Product Catalog entries, since the payload must be stored through a plugin input field that improperly neutralizes HTML/JavaScript. The attack is further gated by user interaction (UI:R): a victim (typically an administrator or other user) must view the page where the malicious script is rendered for it to fire. Limiting factors that reduce real-world risk: the attacker cannot be fully anonymous (some authenticated role on the target site is needed), the payload only triggers when a victim loads the affected catalog view, and the plugin must be installed and active - a niche e-commerce plugin rather than a default WordPress component. |
| Impact | This is a medium-severity stored Cross-Site Scripting flaw (CWE-79) in the impleCode eCommerce Product Catalog WordPress plugin (≤3.6.2), carrying a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L). The vector indicates network-reachable, low-complexity exploitation that nonetheless requires authenticated privileges (PR:L) and victim interaction (UI:R), with a scope change (S:C) reflecting that the injected script executes in a different security context (the victim's browser/session). No EPSS score, CISA KEV listing, or public proof-of-concept was provided in the source data, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis. The combination of required authentication, required user interaction, and only Low confidentiality/integrity/availability impacts places this well below the 'drop everything' tier: it is a genuine but bounded issue typical of Patchstack-reported WordPress plugin XSS, not evidence of widespread or automated exploitation. Note the data is single-source (Patchstack only) with no independent vendor advisory, and no EPSS/KEV signals are present to corroborate or contradict the CVSS rating - absence of those signals is not evidence of safety, but no active-exploitation indicator exists either. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A user with at least low-level authenticated access (e.g., a contributor or shop manager role) saves a product-catalog entry containing a malicious JavaScript payload in a field that is not properly neutralized. When an administrator or other user later views the affected catalog page in the WordPress dashboard or front end, the stored script executes in their browser session, potentially hijacking the session or performing actions on their behalf. No public exploit code was identified in the provided data. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 05, 2026
Stored cross-site scripting in impleCode's eCommerce Product Catalog plugin for WordPress (versions through 3.6.2) allows an authenticated user holding only low-level privileges to plant malicious JavaScript in catalog content, which then executes in the browser of any user - typically an administrator - who views the affected catalog page. The issue is rated CVSS 3.1 6.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L), and the available intelligence shows no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no vendor-released patch version confirmed in the provided data. Real-world risk is constrained because the attacker needs some authenticated role on the target site and must wait for a victim to load the poisoned page, and the plugin has to be installed and active - it is a niche e-commerce plugin rather than a default WordPress component.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch version is identified in the available data, so the primary action is to check the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/ecommerce-product-catalog/vulnerability/wordpress-ecommerce-product-catalog-plugin-3-6-2-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability and the plugin's WordPress.org page for a release newer than 3.6.2, and to upgrade as soon as a patched build is published; deactivating and removing the plugin entirely is the only fully reliable mitigation until then, with the trade-off that the product catalog functionality goes offline. As compensating controls, restrict the ability to create or edit catalog entries to trusted, high-privilege accounts only - since exploitation requires PR:L, tightening roles that can author products to administrator-only removes the attacker's required foothold, at the cost of administrative overhead for content teams. Because the payload executes for whoever views the rendered catalog page, ensure administrators and editors browse such pages with a session that is not privileged, deploy a web application firewall rule set that filters stored script payloads on plugin input and output (recognizing that WAF signatures for stored XSS are imperfect and can be bypassed with encoding tricks), and apply a Content-Security-Policy that disallows inline and untrusted script sources - which reduces execution but can break legitimate plugin scripts and requires careful tuning. Auditing existing catalog entries for injected HTML/JavaScript is also advisable, since payloads may already be persisted in the database from prior exploitation attempts.
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Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root cause is CWE-79, improper neutralization of input during web page generation, realized as a stored (persistent) cross-site scripting condition in a WordPress plugin. The impleCode eCommerce Product Catalog plugin registers custom post types and shortcodes for product catalog entries; input supplied through plugin fields is saved to the WordPress database and later rendered back into catalog views without adequate HTML/JavaScript encoding, so attacker-controlled markup survives storage and executes in the victim's browser session. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:implecode:ecommerce_product_catalog:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* uses a wildcard version, indicating the vendor/product identifier applies broadly across releases up to the reported 3.6.2 boundary rather than a single build. The CVSS vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L is consistent with a remote, low-privilege contributor escalating into a victim's browser context: scope is marked changed (S:C), reflecting impact that crosses from the vulnerable plugin into the surrounding site/session rather than staying within the plugin component, while confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts are each Low. The PR:L and UI:R components mean the exploit chain requires an authenticated low-privileged account to store the payload plus a separate user to view the resulting page before the script fires.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Stored XSS needs an authenticated contributor-level account (PR:L) and a victim viewing the page (UI:R); script runs cross-context (S:C) with limited C/I/A impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).
CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack
DescriptionCVE.org
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in impleCode eCommerce Product Catalog ecommerce-product-catalog allows Stored XSS.This issue affects eCommerce Product Catalog: from n/a through 3.6.2.
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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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