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CVE-2026-96818

7.5 HIGH

Published 2026-09-30 · Updated 2026-09-30

AI risk analysis

Summary
This vulnerability allows unauthenticated users to bypass access controls in the WP Express Checkout plugin, potentially enabling them to perform actions they shouldn't be able to without authentication. This represents a significant security gap that could allow unauthorized access to sensitive functionality.
Exploitability
The exploit is relatively straightforward as it requires no authentication or user interaction, with attackers able to directly access protected endpoints using simple HTTP requests.
Blast radius
If exploited, this vulnerability could allow attackers to perform unauthorized actions within the WordPress site's payment processing system, potentially affecting transaction handling and customer data integrity.
Detection
No reliable host or network indicator is derivable from the published description.
Prioritized remediation
Upgrade to version 2.5.0 or later to address this broken access control vulnerability.
access-controlwp-pluginpaypalunauthenticated

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NVD description

Unauthenticated Broken Access Control in WP Express Checkout (Accept PayPal Payments) <= 2.4.9 versions.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

CWE-862

All references

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