CVE-2022-3822

The Donations via PayPal WordPress plugin before 1.9.9 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

CVSS v3 4.8 MEDIUM

4.8^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.7 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/48ec2e4a-0190-4f36-afd1-d5799ba28c13	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/48ec2e4a-0190-4f36-afd1-d5799ba28c13	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:tipsandtricks-hq:donations_via_paypal:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2022-11-28 14:15

Updated : 2025-04-25 18:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-3822

Mitre link : CVE-2022-3822

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-3822

JSON object : View

Products Affected

tipsandtricks-hq

donations_via_paypal

CWE

No CWE.

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