CVE-2024-5448

PayPal Pay Now, Buy Now, Donation and Cart Buttons Shortcode <= 1.7 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

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Published Jun 21, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

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

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

PayPal Pay Now, Buy Now, Donation and Cart Buttons Shortcode

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 1.7

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mohsinrasool:paypal_pay_now\,_buy_now\,_donation_and_cart_buttons_shortcode:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

No advisories available

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.315% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c482fe19-b643-41ea-8194-22776b388290/

History

Jul 16, 2025 1:45 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.0011}`	epss `{'score': 0.00128}`

Jul 15, 2025 1:45 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00069}`	epss `{'score': 0.0011}`

Subscriptions

Mohsinrasool Paypal Pay Now\, Buy Now\, Donation And Cart Buttons Shortcode

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 1, 2024, 9:11 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published: Jun 21, 2024, 6:00 AM
Updated: Aug 1, 2024, 9:11 PM
Reserved: May 28, 2024, 7:53 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 1, 2024, 9:11 PM

Updated: Aug 1, 2024, 9:11 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 8:15 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jun 21, 2024, 6:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 8:15 AM

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