CVE-2026-96255 Payments for Hubtel < 1.0.2 - Unauthenticated Payment Gateway Credentials Disclosure via Debug Log
Unauthenticated attackers can access debug logs to steal payment gateway API credentials, compromising financial data and accounts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-96255?
CVE-2026-96255 is a high-severity 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 prevent public access to a debug log in which it records payment requests, including the store's payment gateway API credentials in plain text, allowing unauthenticated attackers to obtain those credentials.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-96255?
How do I fix CVE-2026-96255?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-96255 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-96255 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-96255 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gv9c-r7rv-4q3q.