# CVE-2026-94299: elegro Crypto Payment <= 1.0.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Order Status Change via IPN Callback

> Unauthenticated attackers can forge payment confirmations and change order statuses if the shared secret is left empty.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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:** 6 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 6 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w5qf-7xj7-vf4x

## What is CVE-2026-94299?

CVE-2026-94299 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown elegro Crypto Payment, published on 6 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The elegro Crypto Payment WordPress plugin through 1.0.1 does not require a shared secret to be configured before trusting incoming payment notification requests, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge payment confirmations and change the status of arbitrary orders on any installation where that secret has been left at its default empty value.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-94299?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-94299?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-94299 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-94299 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-94299 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-94299 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-94299 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown elegro Crypto Payment, published on 6 Oct 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-2026-94299 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown elegro Crypto Payment. 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-2026-94299/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-94299/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-94299
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-94299
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-94299

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-94299/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.