6.4
MEDIUM
CVE-2023-5665
Paystack Payment Forms for WordPress Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Description

The Payment Forms for Paystack plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcodes in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. CVE-2024-32130 is likely a duplicate of this issue.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 8, 2024, 4:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 12, 2024, 1:38 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

3.1
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-5665 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Paystack payment_forms_for_paystack

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-5665 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 12, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description The Payment Forms for Paystack plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcodes in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The Payment Forms for Paystack plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcodes in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. CVE-2024-32130 is likely a duplicate of this issue.
    Added CWE Wordfence CWE-79
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 05, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-forms-for-paystack/tags/3.4.1/public/class-paystack-forms-public-for-old-themes.php#L1013 No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-forms-for-paystack/tags/3.4.1/public/class-paystack-forms-public-for-old-themes.php#L1013 Product
    Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-forms-for-paystack/tags/3.4.1/public/class-paystack-forms-public-for-old-themes.php#L1054 No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-forms-for-paystack/tags/3.4.1/public/class-paystack-forms-public-for-old-themes.php#L1054 Product
    Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-forms-for-paystack/tags/3.4.1/public/class-paystack-forms-public-for-old-themes.php#L1128 No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-forms-for-paystack/tags/3.4.1/public/class-paystack-forms-public-for-old-themes.php#L1128 Product
    Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-forms-for-paystack/tags/3.4.1/public/class-paystack-forms-public-for-old-themes.php#L1164 No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-forms-for-paystack/tags/3.4.1/public/class-paystack-forms-public-for-old-themes.php#L1164 Product
    Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-forms-for-paystack/tags/3.4.1/public/class-paystack-forms-public-for-old-themes.php#L1194 No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-forms-for-paystack/tags/3.4.1/public/class-paystack-forms-public-for-old-themes.php#L1194 Product
    Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-forms-for-paystack/tags/3.4.1/public/class-paystack-forms-public-for-old-themes.php#L958 No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-forms-for-paystack/tags/3.4.1/public/class-paystack-forms-public-for-old-themes.php#L958 Product
    Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-forms-for-paystack/tags/3.4.1/public/class-paystack-forms-public-for-old-themes.php#L986 No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-forms-for-paystack/tags/3.4.1/public/class-paystack-forms-public-for-old-themes.php#L986 Product
    Changed Reference Type https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/98f80608-f24f-4019-a757-de71cba9902f?source=cve No Types Assigned https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/98f80608-f24f-4019-a757-de71cba9902f?source=cve Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-79
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:paystack:payment_forms_for_paystack:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (including) 3.4.1
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Feb. 08, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description The Payment Forms for Paystack plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcodes in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
    Added Reference Wordfence https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/98f80608-f24f-4019-a757-de71cba9902f?source=cve [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-forms-for-paystack/tags/3.4.1/public/class-paystack-forms-public-for-old-themes.php#L958 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-forms-for-paystack/tags/3.4.1/public/class-paystack-forms-public-for-old-themes.php#L986 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-forms-for-paystack/tags/3.4.1/public/class-paystack-forms-public-for-old-themes.php#L1013 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-forms-for-paystack/tags/3.4.1/public/class-paystack-forms-public-for-old-themes.php#L1054 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-forms-for-paystack/tags/3.4.1/public/class-paystack-forms-public-for-old-themes.php#L1128 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-forms-for-paystack/tags/3.4.1/public/class-paystack-forms-public-for-old-themes.php#L1164 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-forms-for-paystack/tags/3.4.1/public/class-paystack-forms-public-for-old-themes.php#L1194 [No types assigned]
    Added CVSS V3.1 Wordfence AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2023-5665 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2023-5665 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.09 }} 0.04%

score

0.36293

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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