CVE-2026-12973 PayPlus Payment Gateway < 8.2.2 - Unauthenticated Order Key Disclosure and Order Status Modification
Unauthenticated attackers can disclose secret order keys and modify order statuses in the PayPlus Payment Gateway WordPress plugin due to missing authorization checks.
- 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-2026-12973?
CVE-2026-12973 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 disclose the secret order key of arbitrary WooCommerce orders and, under some configurations, to modify order statuses.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-12973?
How do I fix CVE-2026-12973?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-12973 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-2026-12973 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-12973 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-892x-54hq-8c85.