CVE-2026-12972 json
PayPlus Payment Gateway < 8.2.2 - Unauthenticated Order Payment Metadata Tampering
published 2026-07-20 3 mo ago modified 2026-07-21 3 mo ago also EUVD-2026-45886
- 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 22%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The PayPlus Payment Gateway WordPress plugin before 8.2.2 does not perform authorization or order-ownership validation in one of its AJAX actions available to unauthenticated users, allowing them to tamper with the payment-related metadata of arbitrary WooCommerce orders.
Patch / fix
- Unknown PayPlus Payment Gateway 8.2.2
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept is public
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 3 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 22% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/dcd091d3-f830-4675-a3d5-926f4aa5a7a5/ 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 PayPlus Payment Gateway
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control
- Technology feeds
References
-
wpscan.com
/vulnerability/dcd091d3-f830-4675-a3d5-926f4aa5a7a5/
exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-12972
- NVD CVE-2026-12972
Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.
CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.