mihail-barinov Advanced Woo Search Plugin up to 3.28 on WordPress Shortcode aws_search_terms cross site scripting

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A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in mihail-barinov Advanced Woo Search Plugin up to 3.28 on WordPress. Affected is the function aws_search_terms of the component Shortcode Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross site scripting. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-2302. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability has been found in mihail-barinov Advanced Woo Search Plugin up to 3.28 on WordPress and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function aws_search_terms of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

The Advanced Woo Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's aws_search_terms shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 3.28 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-2302 since 03/14/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• WordPress Plugin

Vendor

• mihail-barinov

Name

• Advanced Woo Search Plugin

Version

• 3.0
• 3.1
• 3.2
• 3.3
• 3.4
• 3.5
• 3.6
• 3.7
• 3.8
• 3.9
• 3.10
• 3.11
• 3.12
• 3.13
• 3.14
• 3.15
• 3.16
• 3.17
• 3.18
• 3.19
• 3.20
• 3.21
• 3.22
• 3.23
• 3.24
• 3.25
• 3.26
• 3.27
• 3.28

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