WooCommerce has a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in checkout & registration forms

Exploitation

No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.

CVSS

5.4 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS

• CVE-2024-37297: 0.48% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 41.67 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

Impact A vulnerability introduced in WooCommerce 8.8 allows for cross-site scripting. A bad actor can manipulate a link to include malicious HTML & JavaScript content. While the content is not saved to the database, the links may be sent to victims for malicious purposes. The injected JavaScript could hijack content & data stored in the browser, including the session. The URL content is read through the Sourcebuster.js library and then inserted without proper sanitization to the classic checkout and registration forms. Patches Workarounds Disabling the Order Attribution feature References A8C SIRT: p3btAN-2L2-p2 (internal) Public disclosure: https://developer.woocommerce.com/2024/06/10/developer-advisory-xss-vulnerability-8-8-0/

Published by the source

12 Jun 2024, 19:40 UTC

Last modified by the source

24 Jul 2024, 15:10 UTC

Source last checked

26 Oct 2026, 14:25 UTC

1. Revision 1 · created · 26 Oct 2026

   Published from ghsa record GHSA-cv23-q6gh-xfrf

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2024-37297

Advisory: WooCommerce has a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in checkout & registration forms
IDs: CVE-2024-37297, GHSA-cv23-q6gh-xfrf
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2024-37297 (revision 1, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 14:25 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.4)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor fix available; fixed versions by package: woocommerce/woocommerce 8.9.3, 8.8.5. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- Packagist woocommerce/woocommerce: affected >= 8.8.0, < 8.8.5; >= 8.9.0, < 8.9.3; fixed in 8.9.3, 8.8.5

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- Packagist woocommerce/woocommerce: check the installed version with your package manager.

## Supported action
Upgrade each affected component to a fixed version on its release line. For a transitive dependency, upgrade the parent package or add an override or constraint, then regenerate the lockfile. Redeploy every environment that ran an affected version.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on woocommerce/woocommerce.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cv23-q6gh-xfrf (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-cv23-q6gh-xfrf lists affected ranges: Packagist woocommerce/woocommerce >=8.8.0 =8.9.0 <8.9.3)

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