The XPlainer – WooCommerce Product FAQ [WooCommerce Accordion FAQ Plugin] plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'ffw_activate_template' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to store cross-site scripting that will trigger when viewing the dashboard templates or accessing FAQs.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| happydevs | Happy WooCommerce FAQs – Ultimate Product FAQ Plugin | unaffected |
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Advisories
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EUVD-2024-46842 | The XPlainer – WooCommerce Product FAQ [WooCommerce Accordion FAQ Plugin] plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'ffw_activate_template' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to store cross-site scripting that will trigger when viewing the dashboard templates or accessing FAQs. |
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History
Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:30:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | The XPlainer – WooCommerce Product FAQ [WooCommerce Accordion FAQ Plugin] plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'ffw_activate_template' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to store cross-site scripting that will trigger when viewing the dashboard templates or accessing FAQs. | The XPlainer – WooCommerce Product FAQ [WooCommerce Accordion FAQ Plugin] plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'ffw_activate_template' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to store cross-site scripting that will trigger when viewing the dashboard templates or accessing FAQs. |
| Title | XPlainer – WooCommerce Product FAQ [WooCommerce Accordion FAQ Plugin] <= 1.6.4 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting | XPlainer – WooCommerce Product FAQ [WooCommerce Accordion FAQ Plugin] <= 1.7.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting |
| Weaknesses | CWE-862 | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Published:
Updated: 2026-04-08T17:20:56.394Z
Reserved: 2024-06-06T00:20:57.870Z
Link: CVE-2024-5669
Vulnrichment
Updated: 2024-08-01T21:18:06.879Z
NVD
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2024-07-09T09:15:07.430
Modified: 2026-04-08T19:21:59.710
Link: CVE-2024-5669
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