PT-2025-2154 · WordPress · Checkout For Paypal

Muhammad Yudha + 1 · Published 2025-01-17 · Updated 2025-01-17 · CVE-2024-13398

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Checkout for PayPal plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.0.32

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's checkout for paypal shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes. This allows authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 1.0.32, update to a version higher than 1.0.32 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the checkout for paypal shortcode to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-13398

Affected Products

Checkout For Paypal

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13398 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1880248075354361933 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3223256%40checkout-for-paypal&new=3223256%40checkout-for-paypal&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/15680 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1880161081336692967 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c2e552b8-84ad-436d-b029-f7dd4534f7d5?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/107721 · Telegram Post