CVE-2022-2565 Best Payments Plugin for WP < 4.2.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts via donation forms, potentially compromising admin accounts in the Simple Payment Donations & Subscriptions plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-2565?
CVE-2022-2565 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Simple Payment Donations & Subscriptions Plugin by Paymattic – Best Payments Plugin for WP, published on 5 Sep 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Simple Payment Donations & Subscriptions WordPress plugin before 4.2.1 does not sanitise and escape user input given in its forms, which could allow unauthenticated attackers to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against admins
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2565?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Paymattic Simple Payment Donations \& Subscriptions.
How do I fix CVE-2022-2565?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2565 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2022-2565 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2565 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-phr2-m496-gqwf.