CVE-2022-2099: unknown woocommerce Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-2099 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output vulnerability in unknown woocommerce. EPSS estimates a 0.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 6.6.0.

Timeline

1. 17-07-2022
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 03-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 6.6.0 is vulnerable to stored HTML injection due to lack of escaping and sanitizing in the payment gateway titles

• CWE-116Improper Encoding or Escaping of OutputThe product prepares a structured message for communication with another component, but encoding or escaping of the data is either missing or done incorrectly. As a result, the intended structure of the message is not preserved.
• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')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.