Stored cross-site scripting in WordPress PayPal - CVE-2024-13401
Published: January 27, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU103327
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-13401
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: naa986
Affected software:
WordPress PayPal
WordPress PayPal
Detailed vulnerability description
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 the "wp_paypal_checkout" shortcode. 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-13401
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-paypal/trunk/main.php#L72
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-paypal/trunk/wp-paypal-checkout.php#L3
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3223257%40wp-paypal&new=3223257%40wp-paypal&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/20fc675c-08a4-4d77-9872-335d23146906?source=cve