CVE-2021-24618: Donate With QRCode < 1.4.5 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2021-09-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Donate With QRCode WordPress plugin before 1.4.5 does not sanitise or escape its QRCode Image setting, which result into a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). Furthermore, the plugin also does not have any CSRF and capability checks in place when saving such setting, allowing any authenticated user (as low as subscriber), or unauthenticated user via a CSRF vector to update them and perform such attack.

Affected products

Donate With QRCode: before 1.4.5 — fixed in 1.4.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Donate With QRCode 1.4.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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