CVE-2021-42363
Published: 19 November 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-42363 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Preview E-Mails For Woocommerce Project Preview E-Mails For Woocommerce. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 42.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-29334
Vulnerability details
The Preview E-Mails for WooCommerce WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the search_order parameter found in the ~/views/form.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 1.6.8.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.