Known vulnerabilities in Donations via PayPal

Easy, simple setup to add a PayPal Donation button as a Widget or with a shortcode.

1Reported vulnerabilities

4.8Highest CVSS score

1.9.11Latest version

20,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Donations via PayPal to 1.9.9 or later. 1 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: August 17, 2026 / Tested up to WordPress: 7.1.2 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2022-3822	Medium 4.8	0.5%	Before 1.9.9	`1.9.9`	November 28, 2022

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.