WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Simple Shopping Cart < 5.2.6 - Admin+ Stored XSS via PayPal API Credentials
Description
The plugin does not escape some of its settings field values before outputting them on an admin settings page, allowing high-privilege users such as administrators to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks, which is notably impactful on multisite installations where administrators do not have the unfiltered_html capability.
Proof of Concept
Affects Plugins
Fixed in 5.2.6 References
CVE
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Krugov Artyom
Submitter
Krugov Aryom
Submitter website
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-10-02 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-10-02 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-10-02 (about 1 day ago)
