What the vulnerability does
01Description
The Woocommerce – Products By Custom Tax plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'woo_products_custom_tax' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.2. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.
Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms
02Summary
The Woocommerce – Products By Custom Tax plugin for WordPress contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in versions 2.2 and earlier. An authenticated user with low privileges can inject malicious scripts that execute in other users' browsers, including site administrators. The vulnerability has scope change, meaning the impact extends beyond the vulnerable component itself.
What an attacker can do
03Attacker Capabilities
Inject malicious JavaScript that runs in other users' browsers, potentially stealing session tokens or performing actions as those users.
Potential impact on your site
04Site Impact
Authenticated attackers can compromise admin accounts or other users' sessions through script injection, potentially leading to site takeover.
Conditions required to exploit
05Prerequisites
Attacker must have a low-privilege WordPress account (e.g., subscriber or contributor role).
Key dates
06Disclosure timeline
November 11, 2025
CVE published
April 8, 2026
Record updated
