# CVE-2021-24572: Paypal Donation < 1.3.1 - CSRF to Arbitrary Post Deletion

> A CSRF vulnerability in the Accept Donations with PayPal plugin allows attackers to force logged-in admins to delete arbitrary posts.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Nov 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-887j-hc67-xww2

## What is CVE-2021-24572?

CVE-2021-24572 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown Accept Donations with PayPal, published on 1 Nov 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Accept Donations with PayPal WordPress plugin before 1.3.1 provides a function to create donation buttons which are internally stored as posts. The deletion of a button is not CSRF protected and there is no control to check if the deleted post was a button post. As a result, an attacker could make logged in admins delete arbitrary posts

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24572?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpplugin Accept Donations With Paypal.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-24572?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24572 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-24572 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24572 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Accept Donations with PayPal

- [CVE-2025-47517](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-47517/): WordPress Accept Donations with PayPal plugin <= 1.4.5 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2021-24989](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24989/): Accept Donations with PayPal < 1.3.4 - Arbitrary Post Deletion via CSRF (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2021-24815](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24815/): Paypal Donation < 1.3.2 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 4.8)
- [CVE-2021-24570](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24570/): Paypal Donation < 1.3.1 - CSRF to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-24572 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-24572 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown Accept Donations with PayPal, published on 1 Nov 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24572 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Accept Donations with PayPal. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24572/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24572/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24572
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24572
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24572

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24572/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.