Unauthenticated filter creation and script injection
Published Oct 16, 2024 · Updated Apr 8, 2026
Missing authorization in WooBeWoo's Product Filter for WooCommerce by WBW 1.4.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to create scripted filters. Published sources identify missing authorization checks across multiple functions but do not name the functions or request parameters. No account is required; created filters can store malicious JavaScript that executes for site visitors, and exploitation was observed at discovery.
Summary
What happened
Missing authorization in WooBeWoo's Product Filter for WooCommerce by WBW 1.4.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to create scripted filters. Published sources identify missing authorization checks across multiple functions but do not name the functions or request parameters. No account is required; created filters can store malicious JavaScript that executes for site visitors, and exploitation was observed at discovery.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-4444
- Published
- Oct 16, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Vendor
- WooBeWoo
- Product
- Product Filter for WooCommerce by WBW
- Classifications
- CWE-862, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 16, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=1.4.9
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