CVE-2025-1008: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in worldweb Recently Purchased Products For Woo
The Recently Purchased Products For Woo plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘view’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.
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Technical Summary
CVE-2025-1008 is a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Recently Purchased Products For Woo WordPress plugin by worldweb. The issue exists in all versions up to and including 1.1.3 due to improper neutralization of input in the 'view' parameter. Authenticated attackers with at least Contributor privileges can inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in the context of other users visiting the injected pages. This vulnerability is classified under CWE-79 and has a CVSS 3.1 score of 6.4 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an authenticated user with Contributor-level access or higher to perform stored XSS attacks, potentially leading to the execution of arbitrary scripts in other users' browsers. This can result in limited confidentiality and integrity impacts, such as session hijacking or content manipulation. There is no impact on availability. No known exploits have been reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict Contributor-level access to trusted users only and consider disabling or removing the Recently Purchased Products For Woo plugin if possible. Monitor vendor channels for updates and apply patches promptly once available.
CVE-2025-1008: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in worldweb Recently Purchased Products For Woo
Description
The Recently Purchased Products For Woo plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘view’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2025-1008 is a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Recently Purchased Products For Woo WordPress plugin by worldweb. The issue exists in all versions up to and including 1.1.3 due to improper neutralization of input in the 'view' parameter. Authenticated attackers with at least Contributor privileges can inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in the context of other users visiting the injected pages. This vulnerability is classified under CWE-79 and has a CVSS 3.1 score of 6.4 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an authenticated user with Contributor-level access or higher to perform stored XSS attacks, potentially leading to the execution of arbitrary scripts in other users' browsers. This can result in limited confidentiality and integrity impacts, such as session hijacking or content manipulation. There is no impact on availability. No known exploits have been reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict Contributor-level access to trusted users only and consider disabling or removing the Recently Purchased Products For Woo plugin if possible. Monitor vendor channels for updates and apply patches promptly once available.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2025-02-04T00:16:30.832Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 699f6b0db7ef31ef0b54d947
Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:35:09 PM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 9:58:04 AM
Last updated: 4/12/2026, 5:13:14 AM
Views: 22
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