CVE-2024-29816 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-29816: WordPress Woo Viet plugin <= 1.5.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Vendor Htdat

Product Woo Viet

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published March 27, 2024

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

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in htdat Woo Viet allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Woo Viet: from n/a through 1.5.2.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Woo Viet versions up to 1.5.2 contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows an authenticated administrator to inject malicious scripts. The vulnerability requires user interaction—typically a victim visiting a crafted page—and can affect other users on the site. The impact is limited to low-severity data exposure and site defacement.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious scripts that execute in other users' browsers when they visit affected pages.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

An admin account could be compromised to inject scripts affecting other users; update Woo Viet immediately.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have administrator privileges and the victim must visit a page containing the malicious payload.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

March 27, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29816 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html AskarLabs — CWE-79 write-up Cross-Site Scripting

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