CVE-2026-87981 Missing authorization in Paymob for WooCommerce
Contributors can delete or modify payment gateway settings and credentials due to missing capability checks in AJAX actions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-87981?
CVE-2026-87981 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Paymob for WooCommerce, published on 23 Sep 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Paymob for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 4.1.14 does not perform a capability check on several admin AJAX actions that manage its payment-gateway configuration, allowing users with contributor-level access to delete, wipe, or modify that configuration, including the stored payment credentials.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-87981?
How do I fix CVE-2026-87981?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-87981 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-2026-87981 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-87981 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pgxh-7vg6-g5g2.