Thousands of active WordPress plugins have been hit with a swathe of cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities that could give attackers complete control of sites. One of the affected plugins was designed to work with the popular WordPress ecommerce system WooCommerce.
Researchers at NinTechNet found a vulnerability in the WordPress Flexible Checkout Fields for WooCommerce plugin, which enhances the popular WordPress ecommerce system with the ability to configure custom checkout fields using a simple user interface.