CVE-2024-5448 PayPal Pay Now, Buy Now, Donation and Cart Buttons Shortcode <= 1.7 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Contributors can inject malicious scripts via shortcode attributes, leading to stored XSS attacks against site visitors.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-5448?
CVE-2024-5448 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown PayPal Pay Now, Buy Now, Donation and Cart Buttons Shortcode, published on 21 Jun 2024. 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 PayPal Pay Now, Buy Now, Donation and Cart Buttons Shortcode WordPress plugin through 1.7 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5448?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mohsinrasool Paypal Pay Now\, Buy Now\, Donation and Cart Buttons Shortcode.
How do I fix CVE-2024-5448?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5448 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-2024-5448 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-5448 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown PayPal Pay Now, Buy Now, Donation and Cart Buttons Shortcode
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7547-5vg4-cmwj.