CVE-2016-10112: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WooCommerce plugin before 2.6.9 for WordPress allows remote authenticated administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by providing crafted tax

medium Affects woocommerce (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2017-01-04; advisory modified 2026-06-17.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WooCommerce plugin before 2.6.9 for WordPress allows remote authenticated administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by providing crafted tax

Package: woocommerce (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions: <=2.6.8
Fixed in: no fix recorded
Severity: medium CVSS 4.8
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (59.6th percentile)
Published: 2017-01-04
Source: nvd

References

CWE-79

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