What is CVE-2022-3983?

CVE-2022-3983 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Noorsplugin Checkout For Paypal, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-12-19.

How severe is CVE-2022-3983?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-3983 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Noorsplugin Checkout For Paypal

CVE-2022-3983

The Checkout for PayPal WordPress plugin before 1.0.14 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Published 2022-12-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (38.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 38.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Noorsplugin Checkout For Paypal
Checkout For Paypal — versions 0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/0b48bbd6-7c77-44b8-a5d6-34e4a0747cf1 (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-3983?: CVE-2022-3983 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Noorsplugin Checkout For Paypal, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-12-19.
How severe is CVE-2022-3983?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-3983 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.