Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessRegister or log in as subscriber
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ExploitSend crafted request to MicroPayments endpoint
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ExecutionBypass input/quantity validation (CWE-1284)
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ImpactAlter entitlement or availability state
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Input size validation
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires an authenticated low-privilege account (PR:L, i.e. a WordPress 'subscriber'), so the site must permit subscriber registration or the attacker must already hold such an account - this is the primary limiting factor. The target must run the VideoWhisper MicroPayments plugin at version 3.2.9 or earlier. No user interaction and no elevated privileges are needed, and the flaw is network-reachable over the normal WordPress HTTP interface. The scope is unchanged and impact is limited to partial integrity and availability (no confidentiality exposure), so realistic risk is bounded to manipulating payment/entitlement state within the plugin rather than full site compromise. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-risk, not a top-priority, vulnerability based on the available signals. The provided CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L, base 5.4) describes a network-reachable, low-complexity flaw requiring low-level authentication (PR:L - consistent with the 'Subscriber Bypass' framing, i.e. a logged-in subscriber escalating or bypassing access controls) with no user interaction, yielding only partial integrity and availability impact and no confidentiality impact. No EPSS score, SSVC decision data, KEV listing, or POC indicator was supplied in the input, so exploitation probability and automatability cannot be quantified from the data given - this is a notable gap. With no KEV entry and no exploit code referenced, there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, meaning the medium CVSS is driven by the authenticated-but-low-barrier access model rather than by evidence of real-world abuse. CWE-1284 (Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input) aligns with the limited, non-confidentiality impact. Net: a legitimate issue worth patching on WordPress sites that allow open subscriber registration, but absent exploitation or EPSS signals it does not rise to emergency priority. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker registers or uses an existing low-privilege subscriber account on a WordPress site running the VideoWhisper MicroPayments plugin (<=3.2.9) and sends crafted requests that the plugin fails to properly validate, bypassing intended payment or access restrictions to reach paid/subscriber-gated functionality. The partial integrity and availability impact suggests the attacker can alter balance/entitlement state or disrupt plugin operation rather than read protected data. No public exploit code is referenced, so exploitation would currently require independent development. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 10, 2026
Authenticated subscriber-level bypass in the VideoWhisper MicroPayments WordPress plugin (versions up to and including 3.2.9) lets a low-privilege account tamper with payment and entitlement state that should require higher privileges. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L, base score 5.4) describes a network-reachable flaw that still requires the attacker to hold a subscriber account, which is the primary limiting factor: the target site must either allow subscriber self-registration or the attacker must already possess such an account. Impact is bounded to partial integrity and availability loss with no confidentiality exposure, and no public exploit code was identified at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch was identified at time of analysis - the Patchstack advisory lists no fixed version, so affected sites cannot upgrade to a known patched release yet. The most effective near-term control is to eliminate the prerequisite: disable open subscriber registration in WordPress (Settings > General > Membership, uncheck "Anyone can register"), accepting the trade-off that legitimate new user signups are blocked and must be provisioned manually. Where subscriber accounts are required, audit and prune existing subscriber accounts and monitor for unusual self-registration patterns, since the flaw is worthless to an attacker without a low-privilege account. Because the root cause is unvalidated quantity input reaching a payment/entitlement check, a WAF or reverse-proxy rule that rejects plugin requests carrying zero, negative, or abnormally large amount/quantity parameters on the MicroPayments AJAX/REST endpoints can blunt exploitation, though such rules require tuning against legitimate purchase flows and may break integrations. Sites where credit or membership integrity is business-critical should consider temporarily deactivating the MicroPayments plugin until VideoWhisper publishes a fixed version, and should monitor the Patchstack advisory page at https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/paid-membership/vulnerability/wordpress-micropayments-plugin-3-2-9-bypass-vulnerability-vulnerability?_s_id=cve for updated patch information. Reviewing transaction logs for unauthorized credits or entitlement changes provides detection coverage in the interim.
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Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The vulnerability is rooted in CWE-1284 (Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input) and affects the WordPress plugin ecosystem via the videowhisper:micropayments component (CPE cpe:2.3:a:videowhisper:micropayments:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*). MicroPayments is a paid-membership/credits plugin for WordPress - the Patchstack advisory is filed under the plugin slug "paid-membership" - meaning it exposes front-end AJAX/REST endpoints that accept transaction-related input such as credit amounts, quantities, or purchase counts. Because the plugin fails to properly validate a specified quantity value before using it in a balance or entitlement authorization check, an authenticated user holding the low-privilege WordPress "subscriber" role (PR:L) can supply a crafted quantity that satisfies the paid-access gate, bypassing the intended payment or membership restriction. The CVSS vector's unchanged scope (S:U) and the absence of a confidentiality impact (C:N) indicate the flaw is confined to manipulating plugin state - credits, purchase records, or membership entitlements - rather than granting broader site privileges such as administrator access. Per the CPE wildcard and the advisory title, all releases up to and including 3.2.9 are implicated, making exact version enumeration the practical way to confirm exposure.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Network-facing WordPress endpoint (AV:N/AC:L) exploitable by any logged-in subscriber (PR:L) without interaction; bypass affects integrity/availability of plugin state (I:L/A:L) with no data disclosure (C:N).
Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).
CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack
DescriptionCVE.org
Subscriber Bypass Vulnerability in MicroPayments <= 3.2.9 versions.
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
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