CVE-2025-15475 Missing authorization in PayHere Payment Gateway
Unauthenticated attackers can modify pending WooCommerce order statuses to paid or completed due to missing authorization checks in the PayHere plugin.
- 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-2025-15475?
CVE-2025-15475 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in PayHere Payment Gateway, published on 14 Jan 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The PayHere Payment Gateway Plugin for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to an improper validation logic in the check_payhere_response function in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.9. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the status of pending WooCommerce orders to paid/completed/on hold.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-15475?
How do I fix CVE-2025-15475?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-15475 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-15475 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-15475 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-28q4-mjmf-52qp.