MStore API < 4.21.0 - Unauthenticated Payment Bypass via Multiple Payment Gateways
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The MStore API WordPress plugin before 4.21.0 does not verify the payment with the payment gateway before marking an order as paid on several of its payment-completion endpoints, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to mark an arbitrary order fully paid without paying and obtain goods or services for free.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
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 | MStore API | before 4.21.0 | 4.21.0 | Patch available | CNA |
- MStore API VendorUnknown Affected before 4.21.0 Fixed in 4.21.0 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA MStore API (Unknown) Fixed in 4.21.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
MStore API 4.21.0
4 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 2 HIGH, 1 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-13424 MStore API < 4.21.0 - Unauthenticated Product Review CreationPriority HIGH 72
- TI-2026-13423 MStore API < 4.21.0 - Subscriber+ Order and Customer PII Disclosure via IDORPriority MEDIUM 62
- TI-2026-13416 MStore API < 4.21.0 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via Firebase Phone AuthenticationPriority LOW 37
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-16038
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5xp8-jj53-535m
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-16038 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-16038 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5xp8-jj53-535m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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