Easy Paypal \& Stripe Buy Now ButtonWordPress extension · Wpplugin
CVE-2023-51683
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 · uneditedCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Scott Paterson Easy PayPal & Stripe Buy Now Button.This issue affects Easy PayPal & Stripe Buy Now Button: from n/a through 1.8.1.
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 confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Easy PayPal & Stripe Buy Now Button WordPress plugin allows attackers to trick authenticated administrators into performing unintended actions such as modifying payment settings or redirecting payment flows.
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 \& Stripe Buy Now ButtonWordPress extension
< 1.8.2CVSS 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
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate the plugin installationNavigate to WordPress Admin > Plugins > Installed Plugins and search for 'Easy PayPal & Stripe Buy Now Button' or check the /wp-content/plugins/ directory for a folder containing 'easy-paypal-stripe' in the nameAffected if The plugin is installed and active in WordPress
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Identify the plugin versionIn the WordPress Plugins admin page, locate the plugin and view the version number displayed beneath the plugin name. Alternatively, open the main plugin PHP file (usually named similar to eppsbnw.php) and check the 'Version' header comment in the fileAffected if The version displayed is lower than 1.8.2 (e.g., 1.8.1, 1.8.0, 1.7.x, etc.)
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Confirm plugin is in useVerify the plugin is activated and has payment buttons configured. Check if the plugin's admin menu 'Easy PayPal & Stripe' appears in the WordPress sidebar and contains payment configuration optionsAffected if The plugin is active and accessible in the admin dashboard, exposing the unprotected admin forms and AJAX actions
If the Easy PayPal & Stripe Buy Now Button plugin is installed with a version lower than 1.8.2, the admin forms and AJAX actions are vulnerable to CSRF attacks.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
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.
dbcve · scoped1.8.2
Update the plugin to the latest patched version once released, and implement anti-CSRF nonce verification on all admin forms and AJAX actions within the plugin.
1.8.2
- Log in to the WordPress admin dashboard
- Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins
- Locate the 'Easy PayPal & Stripe Buy Now Button' plugin
- Check if the current version is below 1.8.2
- If vulnerable, click 'Update Now' to install version 1.8.2
- Alternatively, download version 1.8.2 from the WordPress plugin repository and upload via Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin
- After update, verify the plugin is running version 1.8.2
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
Fix this in Easy Paypal \& Stripe Buy Now Button
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation3.0 h
- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-51683 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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