CVE-2023-1554 Quick Paypal Payments < 5.7.26.4 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Admin users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in Quick Paypal Payments, enabling stored XSS attacks in multisite environments.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-1554?
CVE-2023-1554 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Quick Paypal Payments, published on 2 May 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Quick Paypal Payments WordPress plugin before 5.7.26.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-1554?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Fullworksplugins Quick Paypal Payments.
How do I fix CVE-2023-1554?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-1554 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-2023-1554 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-1554 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Quick Paypal Payments
- CVE-2023-25713 WordPress Quick Paypal Payments Plugin <= 5.7.25 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2023-23889 WordPress Quick Paypal Payments Plugin <= 5.7.25 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2023-25702 WordPress Quick Paypal Payments Plugin <= 5.7.25 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8cf9-r9vq-j85q.