What is CVE-2025-49042?

CVE-2025-49042 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Automattic Woocommerce, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2025-10-29.

How severe is CVE-2025-49042?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

XSS in Automattic Woocommerce

CVE-2025-49042

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Automattic WooCommerce woocommerce allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WooCommerce: from n/a through <= 10.0.2.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.002 (5.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Automattic Woocommerce — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

audit@patchstack.com (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-49042?: CVE-2025-49042 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Automattic Woocommerce, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2025-10-29.
How severe is CVE-2025-49042?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.