Paymenter: Credit-refund double-spend race condition in service downgrade (doUpgrade)
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
Paymenter is a free and open-source webshop solution for management of hosting services. Prior to 1.5.7, app/Livewire/Services/Upgrade.php::doUpgrade() relies on Service::upgradable to check for a pending service upgrade and later executes $credit->increment('amount', abs($price)) without DB::transaction or lockForUpdate() spanning those operations. An authenticated customer with an active downgradable service can submit concurrent downgrade requests that each observe no pending upgrade, create separate upgrade records, and increment the same account credit balance, producing multiple spendable refunds for one downgrade. This issue is fixed in version 1.5.7.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paymenter | Paymenter | before 1.5.7 | 1.5.7 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | paymenter/paymenter (Packagist) | before 1.5.7 | 1.5.7 | Patch available | GHSA-5gmm-hjfj-8ff7 |
- Paymenter VendorPaymenter Affected before 1.5.7 Fixed in 1.5.7 Patch available CNA
- paymenter/paymenter (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 1.5.7 Fixed in 1.5.7 Patch available GHSA-5gmm-hjfj-8ff7
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Paymenter (Paymenter) Fixed in 1.5.7
- Fix · GHSA-5gmm-hjfj-8ff7 paymenter/paymenter (Packagist) Fixed in 1.5.7 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-71537
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5gmm-hjfj-8ff7
References
More Paymenter vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-35891 Paymenter Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via Public File Uploads CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-34786 Paymenter: URL parameter injection bypasses paid plan limits at checkout CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5
- TI-2026-32495 Paymenter: Blind Unauthenticated SSRF on the Paypal gateway module CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2026-32497 Paymenter: Broken object level authorization via service reference manipulation on ticket creation CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2026-39897 Paymenter: Race condition in payWithCredit() enables credit double-spend CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2026-32496 Paymenter doesn't reset email verification status after email change CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-71537 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-71537 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5gmm-hjfj-8ff7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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