CVE-2025-13966
The Paypal Payment Shortcode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'buttom_image' parameter of the [paypal-shortcode] shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.01 due to insufficient input sanitization and…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.22%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Paypal Payment Shortcode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'buttom_image' parameter of the [paypal-shortcode] shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.01 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.22% probability · 13th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/paypal-payments-shortcode/tags/1.01/sls-paypal-payments-shortcode.php#L10
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/paypal-payments-shortcode/tags/1.01/sls-paypal-payments-shortcode.php#L55
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/paypal-payments-shortcode/trunk/sls-paypal-payments-shortcode.php#L10
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/paypal-payments-shortcode/trunk/sls-paypal-payments-shortcode.php#L55
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b0b1fbb1-fc2c-4eb9-89c6-364ca8c385db?source=cve
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.