# CVE-2026-96173: Payments for Hubtel < 1.0.2 - Unauthenticated Order Key Disclosure via IDOR

> Unauthenticated attackers can obtain order keys and view order contents due to missing authorization checks in the Hubtel Payments plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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:** 1 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 1 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xxhg-m845-4m9f

## What is CVE-2026-96173?

CVE-2026-96173 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Payments for Hubtel, published on 1 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Payments for Hubtel WordPress plugin before 1.0.2 does not verify that the requester is authorized to view an order before redirecting a public payment-callback request, allowing unauthenticated attackers to obtain the order key of an arbitrary order and view its contents.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-96173?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-96173?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-96173 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-96173 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-96173 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-96173 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-96173 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Payments for Hubtel, published on 1 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-2026-96173 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Payments for Hubtel. 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-2026-96173/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-96173/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-96173
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96173
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-96173

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-96173/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.