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Easy Paypal Shopping CartWordPress extension · Wpplugin

CVE-2023-47239

MEDIUM · 5.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2023-11-16
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 1.1.10 or later.
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58/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Auth. (contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Scott Paterson Easy PayPal Shopping Cart plugin <= 1.1.10 versions.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

Authenticated users with contributor-level permissions or higher can inject malicious JavaScript code through the Easy PayPal Shopping Cart plugin's input fields, which gets stored in the database and executes when other users view the affected pages, leading to stored cross-site scripting.

MitigationUpdate the Easy PayPal Shopping Cart plugin to a version newer than 1.1.10 to obtain the patched version, or disable the plugin until a security update is available.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Easy Paypal Shopping CartWordPress extension
Affected:<= 1.1.10

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Verify Easy PayPal Shopping Cart plugin is installed
    Check the WordPress plugins directory for the easy-paypal-shopping-cart folder, typically at wp-content/plugins/, or list installed plugins via WP-CLI: wp plugin list --name='easy-paypal-shopping-cart'
    Affected if The plugin folder exists in wp-content/plugins/ or the plugin appears in the WordPress plugin list
  2. Determine the installed plugin version
    Access WordPress admin dashboard, navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins, find Easy PayPal Shopping Cart, and read the version number from the plugin description; alternatively, check the main plugin file header in wp-content/plugins/easy-paypal-shopping-cart/easy-paypal-shopping-cart.php for the 'Version' tag
    Affected if The displayed version number is 1.1.10 or lower
  3. Confirm the plugin is active
    In WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and verify the Easy PayPal Shopping Cart shows as 'Active', or run: wp plugin status easy-paypal-shopping-cart
    Affected if The plugin is currently active and running
  4. Identify if contributor-level or higher users exist
    In WordPress admin, go to Users > All Users and review the roles assigned; or query the wp_usermeta table for users with roles including 'contributor', 'author', 'editor', or 'administrator', or use WP-CLI: wp user list --role=contributor
    Affected if At least one user account has contributor-level permissions or higher
  5. Check for suspicious stored data in plugin-related options
    Query the wp_options table for entries related to the plugin (option_name containing 'eppsc' or 'easy_paypal'), and inspect the option_value fields for any HTML script tags or JavaScript event handlers; run SQL: SELECT * FROM wp_options WHERE option_name LIKE '%eppsc%' OR option_name LIKE '%easy_paypal%'
    Affected if Any option_value contains unescaped HTML script tags or javascript: protocols indicating stored XSS payloads

A user is affected if the Easy PayPal Shopping Cart plugin is installed with version 1.1.10 or lower and is currently active, with contributor-level or higher user accounts present in the WordPress environment.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 1.1.10
Interim mitigation

Update the Easy PayPal Shopping Cart plugin to a version newer than 1.1.10 to obtain the patched version, or disable the plugin until a security update is available.

Fix this in Easy Paypal Shopping Cart Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Implementation3.0 h
  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
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