Improper signature verification in ThemeHigh Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-347.
Summary
The Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.8. This is due to the publicly accessible `woocommerce_api_wt_stripe` webhook endpoint (`EH_Stripe_Webhook_Handler::handle()`) wrapping the only call to `\Stripe\Webhook::constructEvent()` inside an `if (!empty($endpoint_secret))` guard that is never entered on default installations — because the `eh_stripe_webhook_secret` option is empty after a fresh plugin install — causing the raw, attacker-controlled POST body to be decoded and processed as a fully trusted Stripe event without any signature verification, authentication, or authorization. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to send forged Stripe webhook events to manipulate WooCommerce order statuses, including marking unpaid orders as paid or completed via `payment_complete()`, forcing legitimate orders into a failed state, fabricating dispute notifications, and injecting forged refund events. This vulnerability is only exploitable when the Stripe webhook signing secret has not been configured by an administrator; once a valid signing secret is saved, `\Stripe\Webhook::constructEvent()` is enforced and forged requests are rejected.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
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Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-9832
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7cxm-23jc-4x3x
References
Other 10
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2cef154c-efb8-4455-9be6-e3cf8b95e9d3?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-gateway-stripe-and-woocommerce-integration/tags/5.0.8/includes/class-eh-stripe-webhook-handler.php#L93
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-gateway-stripe-and-woocommerce-integration/tags/5.0.8/includes/class-eh-stripe-webhook-handler.php#L66
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-gateway-stripe-and-woocommerce-integration/tags/5.0.8/includes/class-eh-stripe-webhook-handler.php#L18
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-gateway-stripe-and-woocommerce-integration/tags/5.0.8/includes/class-eh-stripe-webhook-handler.php#L321
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-gateway-stripe-and-woocommerce-integration/tags/5.0.7/includes/class-eh-stripe-webhook-handler.php#L93
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-gateway-stripe-and-woocommerce-integration/tags/5.0.7/includes/class-eh-stripe-webhook-handler.php#L66
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-gateway-stripe-and-woocommerce-integration/tags/5.0.7/includes/class-eh-stripe-webhook-handler.php#L18
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-gateway-stripe-and-woocommerce-integration/tags/5.0.7/includes/class-eh-stripe-webhook-handler.php#L321
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3575195%40payment-gateway-stripe-and-woocommerce-integration&new=3575195%40payment-gateway-stripe-and-woocommerce-integration
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Sources
- CVE-2026-9832 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-9832 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7cxm-23jc-4x3x · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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