WebCodingPlace WooCommerce Coming Soon Product with Countdown Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability has been identified in the WebCodingPlace WooCommerce Coming Soon Product with Countdown plugin, affecting versions through 5.0. This vulnerability arises from improper input sanitization during web page generation, allowing malicious users to inject scripts that are executed when other users view the affected page.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability allows for stored cross-site scripting, where injected scripts are executed in the context of the user viewing the page.

Remediation

Users are advised to update to a version of the WooCommerce Coming Soon Product with Countdown plugin that is greater than 5.0. For those using Patchstack, a mitigation rule is available to block attacks until an official patch can be safely applied.