CVE-2022-2565: The Simple Payment Donations & Subscriptions WordPress plugin before 4.2.1 does not sanitise and escape user input given in its forms, which could allow unauthenticated attackers to perform Cross-Site

high Affects simple-payment-donations-\&-subscriptions (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The Simple Payment Donations & Subscriptions WordPress plugin before 4.2.1 does not sanitise and escape user input given in its forms, which could allow unauthenticated attackers to perform Cross-Site

Package
simple-payment-donations-\&-subscriptions (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<4.2.1
Fixed in
4.2.1
Severity
high  CVSS 7.2
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (53.6th percentile)
Published
2022-09-05
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recordsimple-payment-donations-\&-subscriptions (WordPress plugin) advisories

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