PayPlug for WooCommerce allows unauthenticated settings changes
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The PayPlug for WooCommerce (Official) plugin for WordPress is affected in versions through 3.1.0. Missing authorization checks (CWE-862) let an unauthenticated attacker change the plugin's settings. The attack needs no privileges or user interaction and affects integrity and availability at a low level.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
Unauthenticated Settings Change in PayPlug for WooCommerce (Official) <= 3.1.0 versions.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for PayPlug for WooCommerce (Official).
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Timeline
- 2026-10-06 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-42637
- 2026-10-06 Alias added: GHSA-28x2-x4c5-mp8x
- 2026-10-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-06 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
More Payplug vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-67950 Broken access control in PayPlug for WooCommerce plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-42637 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-42637 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-28x2-x4c5-mp8x · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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