# CVE-2023-7289: Paytium: Mollie payment forms & donations <= 4.3.7 - Missing Authorization in 'paytium_sw_save_api_keys'

> Authenticated subscribers can modify plugin API keys due to missing capability checks, potentially compromising payment integrations.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g6ww-gh3r-4m77

## What is CVE-2023-7289?

CVE-2023-7289 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in paytiumsupport Paytium: Mollie payment forms & donations, published on 16 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Paytium: Mollie payment forms & donations plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized API key update due to a missing capability check on the paytium_sw_save_api_keys function in versions up to, and including, 4.3.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access to change plugin API keys.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-7289?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Paytium Paytium.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-7289?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-7289 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-7289 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-7289 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in paytiumsupport Paytium: Mollie payment forms & donations

- [CVE-2023-7291](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7291/): Paytium: Mollie payment forms & donations <= 4.3.7 - Missing Authorization in 'create_mollie_account' (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2023-7294](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7294/): Paytium: Mollie payment forms & donations <= 4.3.7 - Missing Authorization in 'create_mollie_profile' (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-25099](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25099/): WordPress Paytium: Mollie payment forms & donations Plugin <= 4.4.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-7287](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7287/): Paytium: Mollie payment forms & donations <= 4.3.7 - Missing Authorization in 'pt_cancel_subscription' (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2023-7288](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7288/): Paytium: Mollie payment forms & donations <= 4.3.7 - Missing Authorization in 'update_profile_preference' (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-7289 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-7289 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in paytiumsupport Paytium: Mollie payment forms & donations, published on 16 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-7289 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: paytiumsupport Paytium: Mollie payment forms & donations. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7289/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7289/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-7289
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-7289
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-7289

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7289/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.