# CVE-2024-6021: Donation Block for PayPal <= 2.1.0 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS

> Unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts via form submissions in the Donation Block for PayPal plugin, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cx67-m2rh-98xh

## What is CVE-2024-6021?

CVE-2024-6021 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Donation Block For PayPal, published on 30 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Donation Block For PayPal WordPress plugin through 2.1.0 does not sanitise and escape form submissions, leading to a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6021?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Bharatkambariya Donation Block for Paypal.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6021?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6021 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6021 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6021 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6021 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6021 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Donation Block For PayPal, published on 30 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6021 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Donation Block For 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-2024-6021/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6021/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6021
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6021
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6021

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6021/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.