CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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3Description
The WordPress PayPal Donation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'donate' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.01. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied shortcode attributes such as 'amount', 'email', 'title', 'return_url', 'cancel_url', 'ccode', and 'image'. The wordpress_paypal_donation_create() function uses extract(shortcode_atts(...)) to process shortcode attributes and then directly interpolates these values into HTML output within single-quoted attribute values without any 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.
Analysis
A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the WordPress PayPal Donation plugin (all versions up to and including 1.01) due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in shortcode attribute handling. Authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or above can inject arbitrary JavaScript code through malicious shortcode attributes that will execute for all users viewing the affected pages. …
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Remediation
Within 30 days: Identify affected systems running all and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Verify Content-Security-Policy and output encoding.
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EUVD-2026-14177
GHSA-jxp3-mpj8-9vw7