CVE-2026-4072
No known patch is available for this vulnerability.
The affected plugin has been removed from the WordPress.org directory (reason: Licensing/Trademark Violation), and no patched version is being distributed through the official directory. If you have the affected software installed, you should uninstall or replace it rather than wait for an update.
Description
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.
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Affected products
1- Range: <=1.01
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-paypal-donation/tags/1.01/wp-paypal-donation.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-paypal-donation/tags/1.01/wp-paypal-donation.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-paypal-donation/trunk/wp-paypal-donation.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-paypal-donation/trunk/wp-paypal-donation.phpnvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/99a8b48b-2967-4179-a0eb-626bbe273f03nvd
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