PT-2023-14892 · WordPress · Easy Paypal Buy Now Button

Lana Codes · Published 2023-02-13 · Updated 2025-03-21 · CVE-2022-4628

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Easy PayPal Buy Now Button WordPress plugin versions prior to 1.7.4

Description The issue concerns a lack of validation and escaping of certain shortcode attributes, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. This occurs when these attributes are outputted back in a page or post where the shortcode is embedded.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.7.4, update to version 1.7.4 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of shortcodes by users with the contributor role and above until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-4628

Affected Products

Easy Paypal Buy Now Button

References · 5

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6ae719da-c43c-4b3a-bb8a-efa1de20100a · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4628 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-4628 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/115665 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/44242 · Telegram Post