Appmax <= 1.0.3 - Missing Authorization to Order Status Manipulation and Arbitrary Order Creation via Webhook Endpoint
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 Appmax plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Improper Input Validation in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.3. This is due to the plugin registering a public REST API webhook endpoint at /webhook-system without implementing webhook signature validation, secret verification, or any mechanism to authenticate that incoming webhook requests genuinely originate from the legitimate Appmax payment service. The plugin directly processes untrusted attacker-controlled input from the 'event' and 'data' parameters without verifying the webhook's authenticity. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to craft malicious webhook payloads that can modify the status of existing WooCommerce orders (e.g., changing them to processing, refunded, cancelled, or pending), create entirely new WooCommerce orders with arbitrary data, create new WooCommerce products with attacker-controlled names/descriptions/prices, and write arbitrary values to order post metadata by spoofing legitimate webhook events.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| appmaxplataforma | Appmax | up to 1.0.3 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Appmax Vendorappmaxplataforma Affected up to 1.0.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-3641
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-crgh-3rc5-vq96
References
Other 9
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6bf61bb7-f977-4afe-bb81-e6de12e00b03?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/appmax/trunk/includes/core/class-appmax-payments-webhook.php#L18
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/appmax/tags/1.0.3/includes/core/class-appmax-payments-webhook.php#L18
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/appmax/trunk/includes/core/class-appmax-payments-webhook.php#L28
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/appmax/tags/1.0.3/includes/core/class-appmax-payments-webhook.php#L28
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/appmax/trunk/includes/webhooks/class-appmax-payments-webhook-events.php#L103
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/appmax/tags/1.0.3/includes/webhooks/class-appmax-payments-webhook-events.php#L103
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/appmax/trunk/includes/webhooks/types/class-appmax-payments-order-paid.php#L56
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/appmax/tags/1.0.3/includes/webhooks/types/class-appmax-payments-order-paid.php#L56
Sources
- CVE-2026-3641 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-3641 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-crgh-3rc5-vq96 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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