Unauthenticated order status change in elegro Crypto Payment plugin
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
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-863.
Summary
The elegro Crypto Payment WordPress plugin through 1.0.1 trusts incoming payment notification requests without requiring a shared secret to be configured (CWE-863). An unauthenticated remote attacker can forge payment confirmations and change the status of arbitrary orders on installations where the secret keeps its default empty value. A public exploit is linked in the references.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
The elegro Crypto Payment WordPress plugin through 1.0.1 does not require a shared secret to be configured before trusting incoming payment notification requests, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge payment confirmations and change the status of arbitrary orders on any installation where that secret has been left at its default empty value.
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | elegro Crypto Payment | up to 1.0.1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- elegro Crypto Payment VendorUnknown Affected up to 1.0.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for elegro Crypto Payment.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Timeline
- 2026-10-06 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-94299
- 2026-10-06 Alias added: GHSA-w5qf-7xj7-vf4x
- 2026-10-06 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-06 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-94299 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-94299 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w5qf-7xj7-vf4x · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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