# CVE-2026-9284: Missing authorization in WooCommerce PayPal Payments

> Unauthenticated attackers can manipulate order payment flows and exfiltrate sensitive customer data via missing authorization checks in WooCommerce PayPal Payments.

- **Severity:** High 8.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 May 2026
- **Updated:** 26 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x2h5-274p-6qqf

## What is CVE-2026-9284?

CVE-2026-9284 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in WooCommerce PayPal Payments, published on 23 May 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The WooCommerce PayPal Payments plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized order manipulation and information disclosure due to missing authorization checks on the `ppc-create-order` and `ppc-get-order` WC-AJAX endpoints in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.1. The `ppc-create-order` endpoint accepts an arbitrary WooCommerce order ID in the `pay-now` context without validating order ownership, allowing attackers to create PayPal orders for any WC order and write PayPal metadata to it. The `ppc-get-order` endpoint returns full PayPal order details for any PayPal order ID without binding to the requester's session. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to chain these endpoints to manipulate other customers' order payment flows and exfiltrate sensitive order details (payer information, shipping data) by creating a PayPal order for a victim's WC order and then retrieving the PayPal order data.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-9284?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-9284?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-9284 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-9284 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-9284 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-9284 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-9284 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in WooCommerce PayPal Payments, published on 23 May 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-9284 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: WooCommerce PayPal Payments. 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-2026-9284/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-9284/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-9284
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9284
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-9284

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-9284/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.