CVE-2021-24989: Accept Donations with PayPal < 1.3.4 - Arbitrary Post Deletion via CSRF

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-01-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

The Accept Donations with PayPal WordPress plugin before 1.3.4 does not have CSRF check in place and does not ensure that the post to be deleted belongs to the plugin, allowing attackers to make a logged in admin delete arbitrary posts from the blog

Affected products

Accept Donations with PayPal: before 1.3.4 — fixed in 1.3.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Accept Donations with PayPal 1.3.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/82c2ead1-1d3c-442a-ae68-359a4748447f
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/82c2ead1-1d3c-442a-ae68-359a4748447f

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