CVE-2026-12972 PayPlus Payment Gateway < 8.2.2 - Unauthenticated Order Payment Metadata Tampering
Unauthenticated attackers can tamper with payment metadata of arbitrary WooCommerce orders due to missing authorization checks in the PayPlus Payment Gateway 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-2026-12972?
CVE-2026-12972 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown PayPlus Payment Gateway, published on 20 Jul 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The PayPlus Payment Gateway WordPress plugin before 8.2.2 does not perform authorization or order-ownership validation in one of its AJAX actions available to unauthenticated users, allowing them to tamper with the payment-related metadata of arbitrary WooCommerce orders.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-12972?
How do I fix CVE-2026-12972?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-12972 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-2026-12972 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-12972 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hhfq-j633-m72j.