Payment notification forgery in Tickera lets attackers mark orders paid
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 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-345.
Summary
The Tickera WordPress plugin before 3.6.0.4 does not correctly verify the integrity of incoming payment notifications, so a validated signature does not cover the order or the amount. Unauthenticated attackers can forge a payment confirmation and mark arbitrary orders as paid without paying. The flaw is tracked as CWE-345.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
The Tickera WordPress plugin before 3.6.0.4 does not correctly verify the integrity of incoming payment notifications, and the validated signature does not cover the order or the amount, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge a payment confirmation and mark arbitrary orders as paid without paying.
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 | Tickera | before 3.6.0.4 | 3.6.0.4 | Patch available | CNA |
- Tickera VendorUnknown Affected before 3.6.0.4 Fixed in 3.6.0.4 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Update Tickera to version 3.6.0.4 or later, which fixes the flaw.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
- Fix · CNA Tickera (Unknown) Fixed in 3.6.0.4
Timeline
- 2026-10-14 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-88998
- 2026-10-14 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-14 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-14 Alias added: GHSA-2xc5-5wv2-x948
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-88998 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-88998 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2xc5-5wv2-x948 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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