VDB-297824 · CVE-2025-1689 · GCVE-0-2025-1689

ThemeMakers PayPal Express Checkout Plugin up to 1.1.9 on WordPress Shortcode paypal cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in ThemeMakers PayPal Express Checkout Plugin up to 1.1.9 on WordPress. Affected is the function paypal of the component Shortcode Handler. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-1689. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ThemeMakers PayPal Express Checkout Plugin up to 1.1.9 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function paypal 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. CVE summarizes:

The ThemeMakers PayPal Express Checkout plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'paypal' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 1.1.9 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.

The weakness was shared by István Márton. The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-1689 since 02/25/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

Applying the patch d6d3b1877ed705ac171cf7e74a6e866fc135ba22 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

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Productinfo

Type

WordPress Plugin

Vendor

ThemeMakers

Name

PayPal Express Checkout Plugin

Version

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.9

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 6.4
CNA Vector (Wordfence): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Patch: d6d3b1877ed705ac171cf7e74a6e866fc135ba22

Timelineinfo

02/25/2025 🔍
02/27/2025 +2 days 🔍
02/27/2025 +0 days 🔍
02/27/2025 +0 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Researcher: István Márton
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-1689 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-1689
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-297824

Entryinfo

Created: 02/27/2025 09:38
Changes: 02/27/2025 09:38 (69)
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Cache ID: 216::103