CVE-2026-12966 json
Direct Payments for WooCommerce < 2.5.3 - Unauthenticated Cross-Customer Order Tampering via digages AJAX Actions
published 2026-08-01 3 mo ago modified 2026-08-26 2 mo ago also EUVD-2026-51723
- cvss
- 5.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 23%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Direct Payments for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 2.5.3 does not verify that the requester owns the targeted WooCommerce order in several unauthenticated AJAX handlers before changing its status and overwriting its payment metadata, allowing unauthenticated attackers to tamper with other customers' orders, including forging a "payment sent" state, overwriting the payment-method label, and attaching forged payment-proof files.
Patch / fix
- Unknown Direct Payments for WooCommerce 2.5.3
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept is public
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 3 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b2b7f90e-359f-4fb4-9b48-c87ecb229f76/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| CNA | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
Affected products
- Unknown Direct Payments for WooCommerce
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control
- Technology feeds
References
-
wpscan.com
/vulnerability/b2b7f90e-359f-4fb4-9b48-c87ecb229f76/
exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-12966
- NVD CVE-2026-12966
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