WooCommerce Booster plugin installed in up to 70,000+ sites patched a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability
The Popular WooCommerce Booster plugin patched a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability, affecting up to 70,000+ websites using the plugin.
Booster for WooCommerce Vulnerability
The Booster for WooCommerce vulnerability is a security flaw that was discovered in a popular WordPress plugin called Booster for WooCommerce. The vulnerability allowed attackers to inject malicious code into a website that was using the plugin. This could potentially lead to a wide range of security issues, such as data theft, code execution, and server compromise. The vulnerability was addressed by the plugin's developers and a patched version of the plugin was released to the public. It is important to regularly check for and apply security updates for all installed plugins, including Booster for WooCommerce, to help prevent vulnerabilities from being exploited.
Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) is a type of security vulnerability that allows an attacker to inject malicious scripts into a web page viewed by other users. The vulnerability occurs when a web application dynamically generates a page using user-supplied data without properly validating or sanitizing the input. When the page is loaded by another user, the malicious script is executed in their browser, giving the attacker access to sensitive information such as cookies and session tokens. Reflected XSS attacks can also be used to perform a wide range of malicious actions, such as stealing user data, compromising user accounts, and defacing websites. To prevent reflected XSS attacks, it is important to validate and sanitize all user-supplied data, and to encode any data that is dynamically output in a web page.
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