PayPlus Payment Gateway < 8.2.2 - Unauthenticated Order Key Disclosure and Order Status Modification
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
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 disclose the secret order key of arbitrary WooCommerce orders and, under some configurations, to modify order statuses.
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-2026-11036 PayPlus Payment Gateway < 8.2.2 - Unauthenticated Order Payment Metadata TamperingPriority MEDIUM 63
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-12973
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-892x-54hq-8c85
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-12973 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-12973 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-892x-54hq-8c85 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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