VDB-253133 · CVE-2023-5665 · GCVE-0-2023-5665

Payment Forms for Paystack Plugin up to 3.4.1 on WordPress Shortcode cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Payment Forms for Paystack Plugin up to 3.4.1 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-5665. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Payment Forms for Paystack Plugin up to 3.4.1 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Payment Forms for Paystack plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcodes in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. CVE-2024-32130 is likely a duplicate of this issue.

The weakness was presented 02/07/2024. The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-5665 since 10/19/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Type

WordPress Plugin

Name

Payment Forms for Paystack Plugin

Version

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CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Countermeasuresinfo

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Timelineinfo

10/19/2023 🔍
02/07/2024 +111 days 🔍
02/07/2024 +0 days 🔍
04/12/2026 +795 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-5665 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-5665
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-253133

Entryinfo

Created: 02/07/2024 18:29
Updated: 04/12/2026 03:37
Changes: 02/07/2024 18:29 (38), 03/01/2024 23:18 (1), 08/12/2024 16:20 (36), 04/20/2025 03:45 (3), 04/12/2026 03:37 (1)
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