WordPress security changelog
HIGH CVE-2022-2565 Modified

Simple Payment Donations & Subscriptions: Cross-site scripting

Simple Payment Donations & Subscriptions is affected by cross-site scripting. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.

CVE / CNA score 7.2 CVSS · contact@wpscan.com
NVD score 7.2 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Simple Payment Donations & Subscriptions
Plugin slug
simple-payment-donations-&-subscriptions
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Sep 05, 2022
Weakness
CWE-79 — Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

This CVE was published Sep 05, 2022 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Simple Payment Donations & Subscriptions to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Technical description

The Simple Payment Donations & Subscriptions WordPress plugin before 4.2.1 does not sanitise and escape user input given in its forms, which could allow unauthenticated attackers to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against admins

NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Primary and upstream sources