SB2025070171 - Stored cross-site scripting in Payment Forms for Paystack plugin for WordPress

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Stored cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-10894)

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in shortcodes like "datepicker", "textarea" and "text". A remote user can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-forms-for-paystack/tags/4.0.0/includes/classes/class-field-shortcodes.php#L218
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-forms-for-paystack/tags/4.0.0/includes/classes/class-field-shortcodes.php#L62
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-forms-for-paystack/tags/4.0.0/includes/classes/class-field-shortcodes.php#L99
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3210130%40payment-forms-for-paystack&new=3210130%40payment-forms-for-paystack&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file7
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/20b0a946-f429-4615-9d16-4a95a9120c3d?source=cve