CVE-2026-12241
Advanced Woo Labels – Product Labels & Badges for WooCommerce <= 2.51 - Improper Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The Advanced Woo Labels – Product Labels & Badges for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to an improperly secure capability check on the 'save_meta_boxes' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.51. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to create AWS labels that are rendered without proper escaping. The vulnerability was partially patched in version 2.46.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
5.4
Advanced Woo Labels – Product Labels & Badges for WooCommerce <= 2.51 - Improper Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The Advanced Woo Labels – Product Labels & Badges for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to an improperly secure capability check on the 'save_meta_boxes' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.51. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to create AWS labels that are rendered without proper escaping. The vulnerability was partially patched in version 2.46.
- Record
CVE-2026-12241- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-90478
5.4
The Advanced Woo Labels – Product Labels & Badges for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to an improperly secure capability check on the 'save_meta_boxes' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.51. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to create AWS labels that are rendered without proper escaping. The vulnerability was partially patched in version 2.46.
- Record
EUVD-2026-90478- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4jg7-xq33-668f
5.4
The Advanced Woo Labels – Product Labels & Badges for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is...
The Advanced Woo Labels – Product Labels & Badges for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to an improperly secure capability check on the 'save_meta_boxes' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.51. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to create AWS labels that are rendered without proper escaping. The vulnerability was partially patched in version 2.46.
- Record
GHSA-4jg7-xq33-668f- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
5.4
The Advanced Woo Labels – Product Labels & Badges for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to an improperly secure capability check on the 'save_meta_boxes' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.51. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to create AWS labels that are rendered without proper escaping. The vulnerability was partially patched in version 2.46.
- Record
CVE-2026-12241- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-12241 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Mihail-barinov Advanced Woo Labels – Product Labels & Badges For Woocommerce, published October 1, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.19%, the 9th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a08d9118-3615-4f8e-a1cc-ba7e7873b7e5?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-woo-labels/trunk/includes/admin/class-awl-admin.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-woo-labels/trunk/advanced-woo-labels.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-woo-labels/trunk/includes/class-awl-label-view.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-woo-labels/trunk/includes/class-awl-taxonomy.php
kramakit.com/guide/free-version-changelog-awl
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12241
github.com/advisories/GHSA-4jg7-xq33-668f