What is CVE-2024-7861?

CVE-2024-7861 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Michalaugustyniak Misiek_paypal, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-09-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-7861?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-7861 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Michalaugustyniak Misiek_paypal

CVE-2024-7861

The Misiek Paypal WordPress plugin through 1.1.20090324 does not have CSRF check in some places, and is missing sanitisation as well as escaping, which could allow attackers to make logged in admin add Stored XSS payloads via a CSRF attack.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.002 (7.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Michalaugustyniak Misiek_paypal
Unknown Misiek Paypal — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

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-2024-7861?: CVE-2024-7861 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Michalaugustyniak Misiek_paypal, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-09-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-7861?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-7861 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.