Conekta Payment Gateway < 6.2.2 - Unauthenticated Order Payment Completion via Webhook Forgery
Priority LOW 30CWE-284Published · Updated
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 Conekta Payment Gateway WordPress plugin before 6.2.2 does not verify the authenticity of incoming payment gateway webhook notifications, nor bind the confirmed payment to the targeted order or verify its amount, allowing unauthenticated attackers to mark arbitrary orders as paid without payment.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0033 26th percentileScored 2026-11-08
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix Fixed Conekta Payment Gateway (Unknown): 6.2.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Conekta Payment Gateway | before 6.2.2 | 6.2.2 | Patch available | CNA |
- Conekta Payment Gateway VendorUnknown Affected before 6.2.2 Fixed in 6.2.2 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Conekta Payment Gateway (Unknown) Fixed in 6.2.2
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-16738
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4vwp-q9wh-xxq2
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-16738 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-16738 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4vwp-q9wh-xxq2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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