CVE-2025-22724 Overview
CVE-2025-22724 is a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the MojofyWP Product Carousel For WooCommerce – WoorouSell WordPress plugin. The flaw affects all plugin versions up to and including 1.1.0. An authenticated attacker with low privileges can inject malicious JavaScript that persists in the plugin's output and executes in the browsers of users who view the affected pages. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-79, Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation.
Critical Impact
Attackers with low-privileged WordPress access can store persistent JavaScript payloads that execute in visitors' and administrators' browsers, enabling session theft, forced administrative actions, and defacement.
Affected Products
- MojofyWP Product Carousel For WooCommerce – WoorouSell versions up to and including 1.1.0
- WordPress sites running the WoorouSell plugin alongside WooCommerce
- Any site where the plugin renders unsanitized user-supplied input into product carousel markup
Discovery Timeline
- 2025-01-15 - CVE-2025-22724 published to the National Vulnerability Database
- 2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database
Technical Details for CVE-2025-22724
Vulnerability Analysis
The plugin fails to properly neutralize input before it is included in web page output. An authenticated attacker with contributor-level or similar privileges can submit crafted input through plugin fields that the carousel later renders as HTML. Because the payload persists in the site database, every subsequent page render delivers the attacker-controlled script to viewers.
User interaction is required for the payload to trigger, typically a visit to a page containing the affected carousel. The scope change indicates the injected script can affect resources beyond the vulnerable component, including the WordPress administrative interface.
Root Cause
The root cause is missing or insufficient output encoding when the plugin renders stored attributes into HTML contexts. WordPress provides escaping helpers such as esc_html(), esc_attr(), and wp_kses_post(), but these are not applied consistently to fields that accept administrator or contributor input. As a result, HTML and JavaScript characters pass through unchanged and are interpreted by the browser at render time.
Attack Vector
Exploitation proceeds over the network and requires an authenticated account with low privileges on the target WordPress site. The attacker submits a payload containing HTML event handlers or <script> tags through a plugin field that the carousel later outputs. When an administrator or site visitor loads a page that renders the carousel, the browser executes the stored payload in the site's origin. Consult the Patchstack advisory for additional technical detail.
Detection Methods for CVE-2025-22724
Indicators of Compromise
- Unexpected <script>, onerror, onload, or onclick attributes stored in WordPress database rows associated with the WoorouSell plugin.
- Outbound HTTP requests from administrator sessions to unfamiliar domains shortly after loading pages containing product carousels.
- New or modified WordPress administrator accounts, plugins, or theme files with no corresponding change-management record.
Detection Strategies
- Query the WordPress wp_posts and wp_postmeta tables for suspicious HTML entities in fields written by the WoorouSell plugin.
- Deploy a web application firewall rule set that flags requests containing script tags or JavaScript event handlers targeting plugin endpoints.
- Review WordPress audit logs for content edits by low-privileged accounts that touch carousel-related post types or options.
Monitoring Recommendations
- Alert on cookie exfiltration patterns and anomalous session token use originating from administrator browsers.
- Monitor plugin installation and update events across the WordPress fleet to confirm rapid patch adoption.
- Track failed and successful authentications for contributor, author, and editor accounts to detect precursor account abuse.
How to Mitigate CVE-2025-22724
Immediate Actions Required
- Disable the Product Carousel For WooCommerce – WoorouSell plugin until a patched version is confirmed installed.
- Audit all WordPress accounts with contributor-level access or higher and remove unused or unnecessary accounts.
- Rotate administrator session cookies and force password resets for privileged users if suspicious carousel content is discovered.
Patch Information
As of the last NVD update, the advisory lists affected versions from n/a through 1.1.0 with no confirmed fixed release. Site owners should monitor the Patchstack advisory and the plugin vendor's release notes for an updated version that applies proper output encoding.
Workarounds
- Remove or deactivate the WoorouSell plugin on production sites until a patched release is available.
- Enforce least-privilege role assignments so that untrusted users cannot author or edit carousel content.
- Deploy a web application firewall with rules that block XSS payloads targeting WordPress plugin endpoints.
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