Is Payment Forms for Paystack safe to use?

Laskyr does not give safety verdicts. No known unpatched vulnerabilities in the latest version (4.0.7). As of 2026-11-04. 6 issues are on record for older versions; version 4.0.6 or newer fixes all of them that state a fix. Keep Payment Forms for Paystack on the latest version (4.0.7) and remove it if you do not use it.

Which versions of Payment Forms for Paystack are vulnerable?

Known issues on record (newest first): Information disclosure (older than 4.0.6, fixed in 4.0.6); Information disclosure (4.0.5 and older, fixed in 4.0.6); Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) (4.0.2 and older, fixed in 4.0.3); SQL injection (4.0.1 and older, fixed in 4.0.2); Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) (3.4.1 and older, fixed in 3.4.2). The full list with sources is on this page.

What is the latest version of Payment Forms for Paystack?

4.0.7, according to wordpress.org (last updated 2026-10-28). It has 2,000+ active installs.

What should I do if my Payment Forms for Paystack is out of date?

Take a backup, then update it from Dashboard > Updates (or run wp plugin update payment-forms-for-paystack). If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can. If you think the site was already attacked, run a free scan at https://laskyr.com/scan.

Plugins · payment-forms-for-paystack · data as of 2026-11-04

Is Payment Forms for Paystack safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version

Latest version: 4.0.7
Last updated: 2026-10-28
Active installs: 2,000+
Known issues on record: 6
Unpatched in latest: 0
Tested up to WP: 6.8.12 · PHP 7.4+

Create forms with multiple input fields and have your users pay before submission. Form submission results are available on your dashboard. — by kendysond

What to do

Update to the latest version (4.0.7). Anything older than 4.0.6 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 payment-forms-for-paystack --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update payment-forms-for-paystack updates it.

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Known vulnerabilities

6 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 4.9 CVE-2026-110042 · published 2026-10-31

Information disclosure in Payment Forms for Paystack (older than 4.0.6)

Affected: older than 4.0.6
Fixed in: 4.0.6
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs an admin-level account
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by CISA ADP

Details from the advisory

The Payment Forms for Paystack WordPress plugin before 4.0.6 does not properly restrict access to a page that displays its stored configuration, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to view secret payment-gateway API credentials, both the live and test secret keys, which grant full access to the site owner's payment account.

NVD CVE-2026-110042 WPScan advisory

medium 6.5 CVE-2026-66444 · published 2026-08-13

Information disclosure in Payment Forms for Paystack (4.0.5 and older)

Affected: 4.0.5 and older
Fixed in: 4.0.6 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Subscriber Sensitive Data Exposure in Payment Forms for Paystack <= 4.0.5 versions.

NVD CVE-2026-66444 Patchstack advisory

medium 6.4 CVE-2024-10894 · published 2025-04-10

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Payment Forms for Paystack (4.0.2 and older)

Affected: 4.0.2 and older
Fixed in: 4.0.3 *
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 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.

NVD CVE-2024-10894 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)Plugin source

high 7.6 CVE-2025-22652 · published 2025-03-27

SQL injection in Payment Forms for Paystack (4.0.1 and older)

Affected: 4.0.1 and older
Fixed in: 4.0.2
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs an admin-level account
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in kendysond Payment Forms for Paystack payment-forms-for-paystack allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Payment Forms for Paystack: from n/a through <= 4.0.1.

NVD CVE-2025-22652 Patchstack advisory

medium 6.5 CVE-2024-32130 · published 2024-04-17

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Payment Forms for Paystack (3.4.1 and older)

Affected: 3.4.1 and older
Fixed in: 3.4.2 *
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 Paystack Payment Forms for Paystack allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Payment Forms for Paystack: from n/a through 3.4.1.

NVD CVE-2024-32130 Patchstack advisory

medium 5.4 CVE-2023-5665 · published 2024-02-08

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Payment Forms for Paystack (3.4.1 and older)

Affected: 3.4.1 and older
Fixed in: 3.4.2 *
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 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.

NVD CVE-2023-5665 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)Plugin source

Recent activity

2026-10-28 — latest release on wordpress.org (4.0.7).
2026-10-31 — Information disclosure disclosed (CVE-2026-110042), fixed in 4.0.6.
2026-08-13 — Information disclosure disclosed (CVE-2026-66444), fixed in 4.0.6.
2025-04-10 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2024-10894), fixed in 4.0.3.

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Types found in this plugin: Cross-site scripting (XSS) (3) · Sensitive data exposure (2) · SQL injection (1)

Where this data comes from

Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/payment-forms-for-paystack (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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Is Payment Forms for Paystack safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version

No known unpatched vulnerabilities in the latest version (4.0.7)

What to do

Check your version

Known vulnerabilities

Information disclosure in Payment Forms for Paystack (older than 4.0.6)

Information disclosure in Payment Forms for Paystack (4.0.5 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Payment Forms for Paystack (4.0.2 and older)

SQL injection in Payment Forms for Paystack (4.0.1 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Payment Forms for Paystack (3.4.1 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Payment Forms for Paystack (3.4.1 and older)

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