PayPlus Payment Gateway < 8.2.2 - Unauthenticated Order Payment Metadata Tampering
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
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-284.
Summary
The PayPlus Payment Gateway WordPress plugin before 8.2.2 does not perform authorization or order-ownership validation in one of its AJAX actions available to unauthenticated users, allowing them to tamper with the payment-related metadata of arbitrary WooCommerce orders.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | PayPlus Payment Gateway | before 8.2.2 | 8.2.2 | Patch available | CNA |
- PayPlus Payment Gateway VendorUnknown Affected before 8.2.2 Fixed in 8.2.2 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA PayPlus Payment Gateway (Unknown) Fixed in 8.2.2
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
PayPlus Payment Gateway 8.2.2
2 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 1 HIGH, 1 MEDIUM
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-11037 PayPlus Payment Gateway < 8.2.2 - Unauthenticated Order Key Disclosure and Order Status ModificationPriority HIGH 68
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-12972
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hhfq-j633-m72j
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-12972 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-12972 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hhfq-j633-m72j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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