XSS in Paymattic Simple Payment Donations \& Subscriptions
CVE-2022-2565
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
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (52.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 52.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Paymattic Simple Payment Donations \& Subscriptions
- Simple Payment Donations & Subscriptions Plugin By Paymattic – Best Payments For Wp — versions 4.2.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/d89eff7d-a3e6-4876-aa0e-6d17e206af83 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-2565?
- CVE-2022-2565 is a high-severity vulnerability in Paymattic Simple Payment Donations \& Subscriptions, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2022-09-05.
- How severe is CVE-2022-2565?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-2565 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.