CVE-2025-12752 Subscriptions & Memberships for PayPal <= 1.1.7 - Unauthenticated Fake Payment Creation
Unauthenticated attackers can create fake payment entries in the Subscriptions & Memberships for PayPal plugin due to missing IPN verification.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-12752?
CVE-2025-12752 is a medium-severity vulnerability in scottpaterson Subscriptions & Memberships for PayPal, published on 22 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Subscriptions & Memberships for PayPal plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to fake payment creation in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.7. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying the authenticity of an IPN request. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create fake payment entries that have not actually occurred.
Weakness: CWE-345
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12752?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12752?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12752 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-12752 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12752 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hgcx-x66q-2c6r.