Plugins · checkout-for-paypal · data as of 2026-11-04
Is Checkout for PayPal safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 1.0.49
- Last updated
- 2026-10-09
- Active installs
- 500+
- Known issues on record
- 4
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.1.4
Accept PayPal payments on WordPress with a simple PayPal Checkout integration. No shopping cart or WooCommerce required. — by Noor Alam
What to do
- Update to the latest version (1.0.49). Anything older than 1.0.47 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.
With WP-CLI: wp plugin get checkout-for-paypal --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update checkout-for-paypal updates it.
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Known vulnerabilities
4 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
medium 5.3 CVE-2026-32387 · published 2026-03-13
Missing authorization check in Checkout for PayPal (1.0.46 and older)
- Affected
- 1.0.46 and older
- Fixed in
- 1.0.47
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Noor Alam Checkout for PayPal checkout-for-paypal allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Checkout for PayPal: from n/a through <= 1.0.46.
medium 6.5 CVE-2025-39572 · published 2025-04-16
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Checkout for PayPal (1.0.38 and older)
- Affected
- 1.0.38 and older
- Fixed in
- 1.0.39
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Noor Alam Checkout for PayPal checkout-for-paypal allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Checkout for PayPal: from n/a through <= 1.0.38.
medium 6.4 CVE-2024-13398 · published 2025-01-17
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Checkout for PayPal (1.0.32 and older)
- Affected
- 1.0.32 and older
- Fixed in
- 1.0.39 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The Checkout for PayPal plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'checkout_for_paypal' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.32 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.
medium 5.4 CVE-2022-3983 · published 2022-12-19
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Checkout for PayPal (older than 1.0.14)
- Affected
- older than 1.0.14
- Fixed in
- 1.0.14
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
The Checkout for PayPal WordPress plugin before 1.0.14 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks
Recent activity
- 2026-10-09 — latest release on wordpress.org (1.0.49).
- 2026-03-13 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2026-32387), fixed in 1.0.47.
- 2025-04-16 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2025-39572), fixed in 1.0.39.
- 2025-01-17 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2024-13398), fixed in 1.0.39.
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Browse vulnerabilities
- Published this week
- Unpatched in the latest version
- By type of vulnerability
- Plugins by Noor Alam (5 tracked)
Types found in this plugin: Cross-site scripting (XSS) (3) · Missing authorization (1)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/checkout-for-paypal (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.
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