CVE-2021-24815: Paypal Donation < 1.3.2 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2021-11-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Accept Donations with PayPal WordPress plugin before 1.3.2 does not escape the Amount Menu Name field of created Buttons, which could allow a high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

Affected products

Accept Donations with PayPal: before 1.3.2 — fixed in 1.3.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Accept Donations with PayPal 1.3.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/08f4ebf5-6bbe-4fb0-a9d2-c8a994afe39b
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/08f4ebf5-6bbe-4fb0-a9d2-c8a994afe39b

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