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CVE-2024-6021: donation block for paypal vulnerability
CVE-2024-6021: medium vulnerability affecting donation block for paypal. Check CVSS, KEV status, business impact and recommended administrator actions.
- CVSS
- 6.8 MEDIUM
- EPSS
- 36.52%
- Known exploited
- not in KEV
- Product
- donation block for paypal
What is known
The Donation Block For PayPal WordPress plugin through 2.1.0 does not sanitise and escape form submissions, leading to a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability
Business impact
Successful exploitation of CVE-2024-6021, a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) affecting donation block for paypal, may affect the confidentiality, integrity or availability of the vulnerable environment. The exact impact depends on the installed version, exposed interfaces and deployment configuration.
Recommended administrator action
Confirm whether donation block for paypal is present and compare installed versions with the vendor advisory and NVD record. Apply the vendor patch or documented mitigation; until remediation is complete, reduce exposure of affected interfaces, review relevant logs and monitor for indicators of exploitation. DataHouse can support version verification, managed patching, network exposure reduction, log review and backup validation for dedicated, cloud and colocated environments.