FOX – Currency Switcher Professional for WooCommerce <= 1.4.2.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
The The FOX – Currency Switcher Professional for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.2.1. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode in the 'woocs_get_custom_price_html' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.
CVE-2024-8271 is a high severity with CVSS 7.3 Vulnerability issue affecting the Plugin FOX – Currency Switcher Professional for WooCommerce. It affects Versions up to 1.4.2.1 and is fixed in 1.4.2.2.
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CVE-2024-8271 is tracked for the Plugin FOX – Currency Switcher Professional for WooCommerce as high severity with CVSS 7.3. The affected range is Versions up to 1.4.2.1. Update FOX – Currency Switcher Professional for WooCommerce to 1.4.2.2 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
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| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
woocommerce-currency-switcher
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2024-8271 |
| Patched Versions |
1.4.2.2
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 1.4.2.1
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FOX – Currency Switcher Professional for WooCommerce <= 1.4.1.8 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
WOOCS <= 1.3.9.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode
WOOCS <= 1.3.9.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode
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