Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Checkout for PayPal Plugin
CVE-2024-13398

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Checkout For Paypal
Vendor
CVE Published:
17 January 2025

Summary

The Checkout for PayPal plugin for WordPress is susceptible to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes via the 'checkout_for_paypal' shortcode. This flaw allows authenticated attackers, with at least contributor-level access, to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts can execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page, potentially leading to serious security breaches and exploitation of user data.

Affected Version(s)

Checkout for PayPal * <= 1.0.32

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

muhammad yudha
.