PayPal Pay Now, Buy Now, Donation and Cart Buttons Shortcode Plugin cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in PayPal Pay Now, Buy Now, Donation and Cart Buttons Shortcode Plugin up to 1.7 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Shortcode Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-5448. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in PayPal Pay Now, Buy Now, Donation and Cart Buttons Shortcode Plugin up to 1.7 on WordPress. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

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

The weakness was presented by Bob Matyas. The advisory is shared for download at wpscan.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-5448 since 05/28/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.4

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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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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

05/28/2024 🔍
06/21/2024 +24 days 🔍
06/21/2024 +0 days 🔍
03/22/2025 +274 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Researcher: Bob Matyas
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-5448 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-5448
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-269368

Entryinfo

Created: 06/21/2024 14:07
Updated: 03/22/2025 20:07
Changes: 06/21/2024 14:07 (54), 06/24/2024 21:55 (12), 03/22/2025 20:07 (4)
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