Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published Oct 19, 2023· Updated Apr 8, 2026
CVE-2023-5638
CVE-2023-5638
Description
The Booster for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'wcj_image' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 7.1.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
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Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:booster:booster_for_woocommerce:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*Range: <=7.1.2
- Range: <=7.1.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woocommerce-jetpack/tags/7.1.2/includes/shortcodes/class-wcj-general-shortcodes.phpnvdPatch
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woocommerce-jetpack/tags/7.1.3/includes/functions/wcj-functions-general.phpnvdPatch
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woocommerce-jetpack/tags/7.1.3/includes/shortcodes/class-wcj-general-shortcodes.phpnvdPatch
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f0257620-3a0e-4011-9378-7aa423e7c0b2nvdThird Party Advisory
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