01 Record
CVE-2023-5665
Payment Forms for Paystack <= 3.4.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: Wordfence
CNA base score6.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
02 Description
Payment Forms for Paystack <= 3.4.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 44.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2024-02-08 03:33Z2 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-04-08 17:10Z6 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-10-19
- Assigning CNA
- Wordfence
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 988f0e9aec424ae97bfb72381def7d427430780c77c53f4d01aa4198a11d375d
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/98f80608-f24f-4019-a757-de71cba9902f?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-forms-for-paystack/tags/3.4.1/public/class-paystack-forms-public-for-old-themes.php#L958
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-forms-for-paystack/tags/3.4.1/public/class-paystack-forms-public-for-old-themes.php#L986
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-forms-for-paystack/tags/3.4.1/public/class-paystack-forms-public-for-old-themes.php#L1013
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-forms-for-paystack/tags/3.4.1/public/class-paystack-forms-public-for-old-themes.php#L1054
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-forms-for-paystack/tags/3.4.1/public/class-paystack-forms-public-for-old-themes.php#L1128
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-forms-for-paystack/tags/3.4.1/public/class-paystack-forms-public-for-old-themes.php#L1164
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-forms-for-paystack/tags/3.4.1/public/class-paystack-forms-public-for-old-themes.php#L1194
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3163889%40payment-forms-for-paystack&new=3163889%40payment-forms-for-paystack&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-forms-for-paystack/tags/4.0.0/includes/classes/class-field-shortcodes.php