# CVE-2025-47623: WordPress Easy PayPal Buy Now Button plugin <= 2.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

> An attacker can inject malicious scripts into the Easy PayPal Buy Now Button plugin, potentially compromising user sessions or site integrity.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 7 May 2025
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pc3v-pv9f-mwg5

## What is CVE-2025-47623?

CVE-2025-47623 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Scott Paterson Easy PayPal Buy Now Button, published on 7 May 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Scott Paterson Easy PayPal Buy Now Button wp-ecommerce-paypal allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Easy PayPal Buy Now Button: from n/a through <= 2.0.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-47623?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpplugin Easy Paypal \& Stripe Buy Now Button.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-47623?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-47623 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-47623 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-47623 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Scott Paterson Easy PayPal Buy Now Button

- [CVE-2023-51683](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-51683/): WordPress Easy PayPal Buy Now Button Plugin <= 1.8.1 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-47623 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-47623 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Scott Paterson Easy PayPal Buy Now Button, published on 7 May 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-47623 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Scott Paterson Easy PayPal Buy Now Button. 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-2025-47623/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-47623/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-47623
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-47623
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-47623

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-47623/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.