CVE-2026-2381 Missing authorization in WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway
Unauthenticated attackers can manipulate order statuses to failed by exploiting missing ownership checks in the Stripe 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-2026-2381?
CVE-2026-2381 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway, published on 16 Jun 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the `ajax_pay_for_order()` function in all versions up to, and including, 10.7.0 This is due to a missing order ownership or order_key verification when processing payment for an order via the `wc_stripe_pay_for_order` WC-AJAX endpoint. The function only validates a nonce (which is publicly available on any WooCommerce page where Express Checkout is enabled), but does not verify that the requesting user owns the target order and is allowed to modify it. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to force any pending order into a failed status by providing a fake payment method, causing a payment exception that updates the order status to "failed" via sequential order ID enumeration.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-2381?
How do I fix CVE-2026-2381?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-2381 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-2026-2381 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-2381 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xpf8-p6c2-qcp9.