Donations via PayPal < 1.9.9 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Priority MEDIUM 55Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The Donations via PayPal WordPress plugin before 1.9.9 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00579 47th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed Donations via PayPal (Unknown): 1.9.9
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Donations via PayPal | before 1.9.9 | 1.9.9 | Patch available | CNA |
- Donations via PayPal VendorUnknown Affected before 1.9.9 Fixed in 1.9.9 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Donations via PayPal (Unknown) Fixed in 1.9.9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-3822
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gw5q-p423-gp9c
References
Sources
- CVE-2022-3822 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-3822 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gw5q-p423-gp9c · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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