Known vulnerabilities in Payment Button for PayPal

Easily accept payment in WordPress by adding a PayPal button to your website. Add PayPal Buy Now, Add to Cart, Subscription or Donation button.

4Reported vulnerabilities

6.4Highest CVSS score

1.2.3.44Latest version

4,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Payment Button for PayPal to 1.2.3.42 or later. 3 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: May 26, 2026 / Tested up to WordPress: 7.0.4 / 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-2024-13401	Medium 6.4	0.4%	0 to 1.2.3.35 (inclusive)	`1.2.3.36`	January 17, 2025
WF-6ac3b00e-26f2-471d-a682-6cb4939e819e	Medium 6.1	—	1.2.3.7 and earlier	`1.2.3.8`	July 6, 2022
CVE-2026-16990	Medium 5.3	0.2%	0 to 1.2.3.44 (inclusive)	—	August 12, 2026
CVE-2025-14463	Medium 5.3	0.3%	0 to 1.2.3.41 (inclusive)	`1.2.3.42`	January 17, 2026

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