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)

EPSS: 0.006 (46.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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.