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

EPSS: 0.005 (38.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Noorsplugin Checkout_for_paypal
Unknown Checkout For Paypal — versions 0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

contact@wpscan.com (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.