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CVE-2025-1689

18
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:thememakers:paypal_checkout:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.1
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
19.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0027 is in the 26th percentile among its peer group of 15,224 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / ThemeMakers/tmm_paypal_checkout/commit/d6d3b1877ed705ac171cf7e74a6e866fc135ba22
Patch
themeforest.net / item/car-dealer-automotive-wordpress-theme-responsive/8574708
Product
wordfence.com / threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6390dba6-423b-48be-b5f0-1018d94f4a32
Third Party Advisory