UnitechPay WordPress plugin accepts forged payment notifications
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
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The UnitechPay WordPress plugin through 1.0.6.3 does not verify the authenticity of the payment notifications it receives (CWE-862). An unauthenticated remote attacker can mark orders placed through it as paid without any payment, or force other orders into a failed state. 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 UnitechPay WordPress plugin through 1.0.6.3 does not verify the authenticity of the payment notifications it receives, allowing unauthenticated attackers to mark orders placed through it as paid without any payment being made, as well as to force other orders into a failed state.
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 | UnitechPay | up to 1.0.6.3 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- UnitechPay VendorUnknown Affected up to 1.0.6.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for UnitechPay.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Timeline
- 2026-10-09 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-87841
- 2026-10-09 Alias added: GHSA-wvj2-mvv8-vc7f
- 2026-10-10 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-10 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-10 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-87841 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-87841 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wvj2-mvv8-vc7f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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