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Best Payments Plugin EUVDEUVD-2026-101527

| CVE-2026-108484 HIGH
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2026-10-14 audit@patchstack.com GHSA-625h-pq67-vx3p
7.1
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: patchstack
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Submit crafted payload via payment form
  2. Delivery
    Payload stored unsanitized by plugin
  3. Exploit
    Admin opens entry in wp-admin
  4. Execution
    Script executes in admin session
  5. Impact
    Hijack session or perform admin actions

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution

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Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires the attacker-supplied input to be stored by the Best Payments Plugin for WP (wp-payment-form, versions up to and including 4.6.27) and then rendered, and per UI:R it requires a victim - typically a logged-in administrator - to subsequently view the stored content in the WordPress dashboard for the script to fire. The CVSS vector's PR:N implies the malicious data can be injected without authentication (consistent with a public-facing payment/submission form), but if the vulnerable sink is instead an authenticated plugin area this would require at least a low-privilege account; this should be confirmed against the Patchstack advisory. Limiting factors: dependence on admin interaction (UI:R), the site must have this specific plugin installed and the affected feature in use, and impact is scoped to browser-context actions rather than direct server compromise.

Impact

This is a moderate-severity Stored XSS (CWE-79) in the WPManageNinja 'Best Payments Plugin for WP' (wp-payment-form), rated CVSS 7.1 by the Patchstack reporter. The 7.1 is elevated largely by the Scope change (S:C) and triple partial impact (C:L/I:L/A:L) typical of Patchstack's stored-XSS scoring, rather than by any evidence of mass exploitation. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public POC are present in the provided data, so there is no indication of active or imminent exploitation - this reads as a routine, responsibly-disclosed plugin XSS rather than an urgent priority. The CVSS vector claims AV:N/PR:N/UI:R, i.e. remote and unauthenticated, which is plausible for a payment-form plugin where unauthenticated visitors submit form data that is later rendered in the wp-admin dashboard; however, many WordPress stored-XSS issues actually require a low-privilege authenticated account (contributor/author), so the PR:N claim should be verified against the Patchstack advisory. One signal conflict worth noting: the vector asserts A:L (availability impact), which is unusual for reflected/stored XSS - availability impact from XSS is generally negligible, suggesting the input score is somewhat inflated. Overall real-world risk is moderate-to-low: meaningful where the plugin is installed and an admin can be induced to view attacker-controlled data, but not a drop-everything issue absent any exploitation telemetry.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker submits a payment form (or a contributor-level account saves plugin-managed content) containing a malicious JavaScript payload, which the plugin stores without proper neutralization. When a site administrator later views the submission or related entry in the WordPress dashboard, the script executes in their authenticated browser session, enabling session/cookie theft or admin-context actions. No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 14, 2026

Stored cross-site scripting in WPManageNinja's Best Payments Plugin for WP (WordPress plugin slug wp-payment-form) through version 4.6.27 lets attackers inject script that the plugin persists and later executes in a victim's browser, typically a logged-in administrator viewing the stored content in the WordPress dashboard, as required by the UI:R metric. The vulnerability is a CWE-79 improper-neutralization flaw rated 7.1 by the Patchstack reporter; our assessed vector is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, reflecting low confidentiality and integrity impact within a changed browser scope and no availability impact, with PR:N implying the initial injection does not require credentials though the advisory should be confirmed as to whether the vulnerable sink is a public-facing submission form or an authenticated plugin area. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no CISA KEV confirmation of active exploitation, so real-world risk depends on the plugin's payment or submission feature being in use and an administrator visiting the poisoned page.

RemediationAI

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis, and no fixed version number is specified in the provided data; because the affected range runs through 4.6.27, consult the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wp-payment-form/vulnerability/wordpress-best-payments-plugin-for-wp-plugin-4-6-27-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability for the vendor's stated fixed release and verify the plugin changelog before upgrading. Until an update is confirmed, practical compensating controls are to temporarily deactivate the Best Payments Plugin if its payment or submission forms are not business-critical (trade-off: loss of payment functionality), to restrict wp-admin access via IP allowlisting and SSO and reduce the number of privileged accounts that could be lured into rendering stored payloads, to deploy WAF or virtual-patching rules that block script tags and event-handler payloads in form submissions (imperfect, since encoding bypasses exist), to audit and purge stored form entries containing injected script, and to apply a Content Security Policy limiting inline script execution (which may break plugin admin UI behavior). Because this is Stored XSS, any administrator who viewed a poisoned page should be treated as potentially session-compromised, with credentials rotated and active sessions invalidated.

Affected VersionsENISA

Best Payments Plugin for WP 0 ≤4.6.27

Affected Packages

euvd best_payments_plugin_for_wp no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The root cause is CWE-79 cross-site scripting within the WordPress plugin ecosystem: WPManageNinja's Best Payments Plugin for WP (slug wp-payment-form, a payment/form-handling plugin) accepts attacker-controllable input and stores it without adequate output encoding or escaping when that data is subsequently rendered into an HTML page, such as the WordPress admin dashboard. Because the assessed scope is Changed (S:C), the injected script runs in the origin and browser session of the affected site rather than the server, enabling script execution as the victim, reading of page content, or session token theft. The PR:N metric indicates the injection step itself requires no authentication, consistent with a public-facing payment or submission form, while UI:R reflects that a victim (typically an administrator) must view the stored content before the payload fires. No CPE strings were supplied in the provided intelligence, and the only reference given is Patchstack's WordPress plugin vulnerability database entry for version 4.6.27, whose advisory remains the authoritative source for the exact sink and any authentication nuance.

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Severity by source

Vendor (patchstack) PRIMARY 7.1 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
vuln.today AI 6.1 MEDIUM

Stored XSS reachable via a public form (PR:N) that executes in a victim admin's session (UI:R, S:C) with low confidentiality/integrity impact; availability is N as XSS does not degrade availability.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (patchstack).

CVSS VectorVendor: patchstack

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

DescriptionCVE.org

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in WPManageNinja Best Payments Plugin for WP wp-payment-form allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Best Payments Plugin for WP: from n/a through 4.6.27.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

WPManageNinja's Best Payments Plugin for WordPress (slug wp-payment-form, versions through 4.6.27) contains a stored cross-site scripting flaw that an unauthenticated attacker can use to inject script which later executes in a logged-in administrator's browser. While no public exploit identified at time of analysis, successful exploitation could compromise administrator sessions and lead to unauthorized actions or data exposure on sites using the plugin for payments. Leadership should care because these WordPress installations often handle sensitive transactions; no vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis, so interim mitigations are required immediately.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

No vendor patch available; interim mitigations include disabling the wp-payment-form plugin until a fixed version is released, restricting WordPress dashboard access to trusted users and networks, deploying WAF rules to filter stored XSS payloads, and monitoring administrator activity for unauthorized changes or injected scripts.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 92% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
moderately popular WordPress payment-form plugin, not universally deployed
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact
High
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

36
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +36
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.

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