6.4mediumMedium

CVE-2021-47983

WordPress Plugin Stripe Payments before 2.0.40 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts through the AcceptStripePayments-settings[currency_code] parameter. Attackers can submit POST requests to /wp-admin/options.php with script payloads in the currency_code field to execute arbitrary JavaScript in administrator browsers when settings are viewed.

What the metrics mean

  • It is reachable over a network, without needing local access.
  • For an attacker who can reach it, no special conditions are needed to exploit it.
  • To exploit it, an ordinary user account is needed.
  • Beyond that, no action by a user is required.

Scoring

CVSS
6.4 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4
5.1
Weakness
CWE-79
Assigned by
disclosure@vulncheck.com

Dates

Published
2026-06-08
Last modified
2026-08-27
Sources
NVD

References