PT-2024-36350 · WordPress · Paypal Pay Now

Bob Matyas · Published 2024-06-21 · Updated 2024-07-03 · CVE-2024-5448

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: PayPal Pay Now, Buy Now, Donation and Cart Buttons Shortcode WordPress plugin versions 1.7 and earlier

Description: The issue concerns the lack of validation and escaping of certain shortcode attributes in the plugin, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. This could potentially impact a significant number of devices worldwide, although the exact number is not specified.

Recommendations: For versions 1.7 and earlier, update to a version that includes the necessary validation and escaping of shortcode attributes to prevent Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-5448

Affected Products

Paypal Pay Now

References · 5

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c482fe19-b643-41ea-8194-22776b388290 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5448 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5448 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/83982 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/84230 · Telegram Post