Vulnerability · Published Jun 21, 2024 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2024-5448PayPal Pay Now, Buy Now, Donation and Cart Buttons Shortcode <= 1.7 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in PayPal Pay Now, Buy Now, Donation and Cart Buttons Shortcode from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 25% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 75.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The PayPal Pay Now, Buy Now, Donation and Cart Buttons Shortcode WordPress plugin through 1.7 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | PayPal Pay Now, Buy Now, Donation and Cart Buttons Shortcode | 0 – through 1.7 |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c482fe19-b643-41ea-8194-22776b388290/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description