CVE-2026-16650 json
Charitable < 1.8.12 - Unauthenticated Donation Payment-Status Manipulation via Square Webhook Signature Bypass
published 2026-08-21 2 mo ago modified 2026-10-16 23 d ago also EUVD-2026-63910
- cvss
- 5.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 5%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Charitable WordPress plugin before 1.8.12 does not verify the authenticity of incoming Square payment webhook events in a default configuration, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge webhook notifications that mark donations as paid without any real payment.
Patch / fix
- Unknown Charitable 1.8.12
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/da611bd1-0702-4cdd-b04c-ad7210f78cfe/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Charitable
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
- Technology feeds
References
-
wpscan.com
/vulnerability/da611bd1-0702-4cdd-b04c-ad7210f78cfe/
exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-16650
- NVD CVE-2026-16650
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