CVE-2025-1689 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the ThemeMakers PayPal Express Checkout plugin for WordPress, versions up to and including 1.1.9. Authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions or higher can inject malicious web scripts into pages via the 'paypal' shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) requires user interaction for execution, potentially leading to information disclosure and defacement. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:thememakers:paypal_checkout:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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