mra13 Accept Stripe Payments 2.0.39 on WordPress Setting /wp-admin/options.php AcceptStripePayments-settings[currency_code] cross site scripting

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A vulnerability has been found in mra13 Accept Stripe Payments 2.0.39 on WordPress and classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the file /wp-admin/options.php of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation of the argument AcceptStripePayments-settings[currency_code] leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2021-47983. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in mra13 Accept Stripe Payments 2.0.39 on WordPress. This issue affects an unknown part of the file /wp-admin/options.php of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation of the argument AcceptStripePayments-settings[currency_code] 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:

WordPress Plugin Stripe Payments 2.0.39 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts through the AcceptStripePayments-settings[currency_code] parameter. Attackers can submit POST requests to /wp-admin/options.php with script payloads in the currency_code field to execute arbitrary JavaScript in administrator browsers when settings are viewed.

The weakness was published by Park Won Seok as 49354. It is possible to read the advisory at exploit-db.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-47983 since 06/08/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:wp-admin/options.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (49354). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• mra13

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• Accept Stripe Payments

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• 2.0.39

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