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CVE-2025-11859

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Description

The Paypal Donation Shortcode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'paypal' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 0.1. This is due to the plugin not properly sanitizing user input and output of the 'title' and 'text' parameters. 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.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.4 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2025-11-11 04:15:43.103000
Last modified
2026-10-18 21:10:00.120000
View original CVE JSON
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  "id": "CVE-2025-11859",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2025-11-11T04:15:43.103",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-18T21:10:00.120",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
  "cveTags": [],
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      "value": "The Paypal Donation Shortcode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'paypal' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 0.1. This is due to the plugin not properly sanitizing user input and output of the 'title' and 'text' parameters. 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."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "El plugin Paypal Donation Shortcode para WordPress es vulnerable a Cross-Site Scripting Almacenado a través del shortcode 'paypal' en todas las versiones hasta la 0.1, inclusive. Esto se debe a que el plugin no sanea correctamente la entrada y salida de usuario de los parámetros 'title' y 'text'. Esto hace posible que atacantes autenticados, con acceso de nivel de colaborador y superior, inyecten scripts web arbitrarios en páginas que se ejecutarán cada vez que un usuario acceda a una página inyectada."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "coenjacobs",
          "product": "Paypal Donation Shortcode",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "0",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "0.1",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {
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          "baseScore": 6.4,
          "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "scope": "CHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "LOW",
          "integrityImpact": "LOW",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE"
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  "weaknesses": [
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      "type": "Secondary",
      "description": [
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          "value": "CWE-79"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/paypal-donation-shortcode/tags/0.1/paypal-donation-shortcode.php#L23",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b66ab7c4-7963-424f-afec-0e52b987c6b3?source=cve",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
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}