Best Payments Plugin for WP < 4.2.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Priority LOW 33CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Simple Payment Donations & Subscriptions WordPress plugin before 4.2.1 does not sanitise and escape user input given in its forms, which could allow unauthenticated attackers to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against admins
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00731 54th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Simple Payment Donations & Subscriptions Plugin by Paymattic – Best Payments Plugin for WP (Unknown): 4.2.1
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Simple Payment Donations & Subscriptions Plugin by Paymattic – Best Payments Plugin for WP | 4.2.1 to before 4.2.1 | 4.2.1 | Patch available | CNA |
- Simple Payment Donations & Subscriptions Plugin by Paymattic – Best Payments Plugin for WP VendorUnknown Affected 4.2.1 to before 4.2.1 Fixed in 4.2.1 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Simple Payment Donations & Subscriptions Plugin by Paymattic – Best Payments Plugin for WP (Unknown) Fixed in 4.2.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-2565
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-phr2-m496-gqwf
References
Sources
- CVE-2022-2565 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-2565 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-phr2-m496-gqwf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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