CVE-2022-29416 MEDIUM

CVE-2022-29416: WordPress Afterpay Gateway for WooCommerce Plugin <= 3.5.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Vendor Afterpay

Product Afterpay Gateway for WooCommerce

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published February 6, 2023

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

4.7/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Unauth. Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Afterpay Gateway for WooCommerce <= 3.5.0 versions.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

The Afterpay Gateway for WooCommerce plugin through version 3.5.0 contains a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An attacker can inject malicious scripts that execute in the browsers of site visitors or administrators. The vulnerability requires user interaction to trigger and affects the integrity of the site but not its availability or confidentiality.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious scripts that run in visitors' browsers when they view affected pages.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Attackers can steal admin session cookies, deface pages, or redirect customers to phishing sites.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

No authentication required. A victim must visit a page containing the injected payload.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

February 6, 2023 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29416 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html AskarLabs — CWE-79 write-up Cross-Site Scripting

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2022-29416

CWE CWE-79

CVSS 4.7 / MEDIUM

Affected versions