CVE-2026-12501 WP Travel Engine < 6.8.2 - Unauthenticated Payment Bypass via Missing PayPal IPN Receiver and Amount Verification
Unauthenticated attackers can bypass payment verification in WP Travel Engine to mark bookings as paid without valid transactions.
- 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-2026-12501?
CVE-2026-12501 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown WP Travel Engine, published on 6 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WP Travel Engine WordPress plugin before 6.8.2 does not verify that an incoming PayPal payment notification was sent to the site's configured merchant account, nor that the paid amount matches the order total, before marking a booking as paid, allowing unauthenticated attackers to mark bookings as fully paid using a token payment made to an attacker-controlled account.
Weakness: CWE-345
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-12501?
How do I fix CVE-2026-12501?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-12501 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-12501 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-12501 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v4gx-m8c5-cqwv.