CVE-2025-49042 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-49042: WordPress WooCommerce plugin <= 10.0.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Vendor Automattic
Product WooCommerce
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published October 29, 2025
Last update April 28, 2026

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 Automattic WooCommerce woocommerce allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WooCommerce: from n/a through <= 10.0.2.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

WooCommerce versions up to 10.0.2 contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows authenticated administrators to inject malicious scripts. The vulnerability requires user interaction and affects the site's integrity and confidentiality. Sites running affected versions should update to a version newer than 10.0.2.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

An authenticated admin can inject malicious scripts that execute in other users' browsers when they visit affected pages.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Admins with malicious intent can compromise other users' sessions, steal data, or modify site content via stored XSS.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have administrator privileges and the victim must visit a page containing the injected script.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

October 29, 2025 CVE published
April 28, 2026 Record updated

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