XSS in Wpclever Wpc Smart Compare For Woocommerce
CVE-2025-5530
The WPC Smart Compare for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'shortcode_btn' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 6.4.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (13.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 13th percentile — 13.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3bd09891-8117-43b1-8744-8f377… (Third Party Advisory)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woo-smart-compare/tags/6.4.5/wpc-smart-compa… (Product)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woo-smart-compare/tags/6.4.5/wpc-smart-compa… (Product)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset (Patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-5530?
- CVE-2025-5530 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpclever Wpc Smart Compare For Woocommerce, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2025-07-11.
- How severe is CVE-2025-5530?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.