CVE-2026-17012 Restore PayPal Standard for WooCommerce <= 3.1.0 - Payment Bypass via Unvalidated receiver_email
Attackers can bypass payment verification by paying their own PayPal account, allowing unauthorized order completion in the WooCommerce 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-2026-17012?
CVE-2026-17012 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown Accept PayPal & Stripe with Subscriptions for WooCommerce, published on 10 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Accept PayPal & Stripe with Subscriptions for WooCommerce WordPress plugin through 3.1.0 does not verify that the PayPal account which received a payment matches the merchant's configured account before marking the order as paid, allowing unauthenticated buyers to complete a WooCommerce order by paying the full amount to their own PayPal account instead of the merchant's.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-17012?
How do I fix CVE-2026-17012?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-17012 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-17012 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-17012 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-645w-cxcg-9mjc.