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Payment Forms for Paystack vulnerabilities
Payment Forms for Paystack has 2 known vulnerabilities in this database. The most recent published record is dated 10 Apr 2025.
- Known vulnerabilities
- 2
- Active installs
- 2,000+
- Latest version
- 4.0.5
- Last updated
- 6 Aug 2025
- Most recent
- 10 Apr 2025
Find it in your WordPress dashboard under Plugins. Severity is based on the CVSS score published with the CVE where one is available.
| Vulnerability | Severity | Affected | Fix | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2024-10894 | Medium 6.4 | Up to 4.0.2 | Fixed in a later version (latest 4.0.5) | 10 Apr 2025 |
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2023-5665 | Medium 6.4 | Up to 3.4.1 | Fixed in a later version (latest 4.0.5) | 8 Feb 2024 |
Read the published descriptions
- CVE-2024-10894, 10 Apr 2025
- The Payment Forms for Paystack plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcodes like 'datepicker', 'textarea', and 'text' in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. CVE record
- CVE-2023-5665, 8 Feb 2024
- The Payment Forms for Paystack plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcodes in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. CVE-2024-32130 is likely a duplicate of this issue. CVE record
What to do if you run Payment Forms for Paystack
If you run Payment Forms for Paystack, open WordPress and check the installed version in Plugins. Compare it with the affected versions in the vulnerability record. If a fixed version is available, take a current backup and update to that version or the latest supported release.
If no fixed version exists, consider disabling and removing the plugin or replacing it with a maintained alternative. After dealing with the affected software, check administrator users, unexpected file changes, redirects, unfamiliar pages and security logs for signs that the site may already have been altered.
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