Easy Digital Download <= 3.5.2 - Insufficient Verification to Order Manipulation
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The Easy Digital Downloads plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Order Manipulation in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.2 due to an order verification bypass. The verification is unconditionally skipped when the POST body includes verification_override=1. Because this value is attacker-supplied, an unauthenticated actor can submit a forged IPN and have it treated as verified, even on production sites and with verification otherwise enabled. A valid PayPal transaction id is needed, restricting order manipulation to orders placed by the attacker. This, in turn, requires them to have a customer account.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| smub | Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy | up to 3.5.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy Vendorsmub Affected up to 3.5.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:awesomemotive:easy_digital_downloads:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | Awesomemotive |
- cpe:2.3:a:awesomemotive:easy_digital_downloads:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Awesomemotive
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-11271
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6jrq-cfpr-p7h7
References
Other 4
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4c63154e-9413-47ea-a740-441618266adf?source=cve
- https://github.com/awesomemotive/easy-digital-downloads/blob/main/includes/gateways/paypal/ipn.php
- https://github.com/awesomemotive/easy-digital-downloads/blob/main/src/Gateways/PayPal/IPN.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3382964%40easy-digital-downloads%2Ftrunk&old=3364285%40easy-digital-downloads%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
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Sources
- CVE-2025-11271 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-11271 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6jrq-cfpr-p7h7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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