CVE-2023-28415 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-28415: WordPress Side Cart Woocommerce (Ajax) Plugin <= 2.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Vendor Xootix

Product Side Cart Woocommerce (Ajax)

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published August 30, 2023

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.9/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required High

User interaction Required

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in XootiX Side Cart Woocommerce (Ajax) plugin <= 2.2 versions.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Side Cart Woocommerce (Ajax) versions up to 2.2 contain a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An authenticated admin user with high privileges can inject malicious scripts that execute in other users' browsers when they interact with the cart. The vulnerability requires user interaction and affects the integrity and confidentiality of site data.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious scripts that run in other users' browsers when they view the cart.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

A compromised admin account can inject scripts affecting customer data, sessions, or site functionality.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Admin-level access to the site and the victim must view a page containing the injected payload.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

August 30, 2023 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28415 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-2023-28415

CWE CWE-79

CVSS 5.9 / MEDIUM

Affected versions