WordPress Pesapal Gateway for WooCommerce Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

A reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability has been identified in the Pesapal Gateway for WooCommerce plugin, affecting versions through 2.1.0. This issue arises from improper input sanitization during web page generation, allowing attackers to inject malicious scripts that could be executed when users visit the affected site.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability allows for reflected cross-site scripting, where an attacker can inject malicious scripts that are executed in the context of the user's browser.

Remediation

Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to automatically mitigate this vulnerability. For WordPress users, this virtual patch can be activated by subscribing to Patchstack's services.