CVE-2021-24815 (GCVE-0-2021-24815)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-17 10:15 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:42
VLAI
Title
Paypal Donation < 1.3.2 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
The Accept Donations with PayPal WordPress plugin before 1.3.2 does not escape the Amount Menu Name field of created Buttons, which could allow a high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown Accept Donations with PayPal Affected: 1.3.2 , < 1.3.2 (custom)
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Credits
dc11
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