CVE-2026-27401 WordPress YITH PayPal Express Checkout for WooCommerce plugin <= 1.62.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Medium 5.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-27401 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2026-27401 is a medium-severity vulnerability in YITH PayPal Express Checkout for WooCommerce, published on 29 Oct 2026.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-27401 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: YITH PayPal Express Checkout for WooCommerce. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-27401/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-27401/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-27401?
CVE-2026-27401 is a medium-severity vulnerability in YITH PayPal Express Checkout for WooCommerce, published on 29 Oct 2026.
Official description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in YITH YITH PayPal Express Checkout for WooCommerce yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects YITH PayPal Express Checkout for WooCommerce: from n/a through 1.62.0.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-27401?
How do I fix CVE-2026-27401?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-27401 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-27401 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-27401 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7cv4-m3jx-xqqv.