Missing authorization in BlueSnap Payment Gateway for WooCommerce
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The BlueSnap Payment Gateway for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.0. This is due to the plugin relying on WooCommerce's `WC_Geolocation::get_ip_address()` function to validate IPN requests, which trusts user-controllable headers like X-Real-IP and X-Forwarded-For to determine the client IP address. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass IP allowlist restrictions by spoofing a whitelisted BlueSnap IP address and send forged IPN (Instant Payment Notification) data to manipulate order statuses (mark orders as paid, failed, refunded, or on-hold) without proper authorization.
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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-0692
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xh3r-gpf9-2v95
- 2026-10-06 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
- 2026-10-07 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
References
Other 3
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dc676e18-c895-4f6a-bce9-1f92207af885?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bluesnap-payment-gateway-for-woocommerce/trunk/includes/class-wc-bluesnap-ipn-webhooks.php#L417
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bluesnap-payment-gateway-for-woocommerce/tags/3.4.0/includes/class-wc-bluesnap-ipn-webhooks.php#L417
Sources
- CVE-2026-0692 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-0692 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xh3r-gpf9-2v95 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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