---
id: "CVE-2026-114701"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-114701"]
title: "Waitlist WooCommerce plugin: stored XSS through 2.9.1 in back-in-stock notifier"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 6.5
epss: 0.0013
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["package", "waitlist-woocommerce", "woocommerce", "wordpress"]
not_affected_if: ["plugin-not-installed"]
published_at: "2026-10-22T09:17:15+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:30+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-25T03:47:27+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-114701", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:30+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-114701", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-24T07:15:51+00:00"}]
---

# Waitlist WooCommerce plugin: stored XSS through 2.9.1 in back-in-stock notifier

The Waitlist WooCommerce plugin (back-in-stock notifier) does not neutralize input before rendering it in pages, which allows stored cross-site scripting. An attacker who can submit data the plugin stores can run script in the browser of other users, including store admins who view it.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check whether the WordPress plugin `waitlist-woocommerce` is installed and read its version in the plugin header or `readme.txt`
- unknown for other checks; the sources do not say which input fields or pages are affected

## Fix

- Update the Waitlist WooCommerce plugin to a version later than `2.9.1`
- unknown whether a fixed version number is published; the sources do not say

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T21:57:30+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-114701
- 2026-10-24T07:15:51+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-114701

## From the sources

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in xootix Waitlist Woocommerce ( Back in stock notifier ) waitlist-woocommerce allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Waitlist Woocommerce ( Back in stock notifier ): from n/a through 2.9.1.

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