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PlanetStudio Payment Gateway CVE-2026-110362

| EUVDEUVD-2026-102302 MEDIUM
Missing Authorization (CWE-862)
2026-10-15 Patchstack GHSA-pfjw-qrg6-hr62
5.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Patchstack
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Identify site running PlanetStudio plugin
  2. Exploit
    Send crafted unauthenticated HTTP request
  3. Execution
    Reach endpoint missing authorization check
  4. Impact
    Perform unauthorized state-changing action

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires that the vulnerable PlanetStudio Payment Gateway plugin (version 1.3.3 or earlier) be installed and active on an internet-reachable WordPress site; the affected plugin endpoint must be accessible, which per PR:N and UI:N needs no authentication and no victim interaction. The practical limiters are the plugin's small deployment footprint and the LOW, integrity-only impact (C:N/A:N) - an attacker gains an unauthorized action or limited data modification, not credential theft, data exfiltration, or site takeover. No non-default configuration is indicated as a prerequisite in the available data.

Impact

This is a genuine but moderate-priority issue, not a critical emergency. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N, base 5.3 MEDIUM) describes a remotely reachable, unauthenticated, low-complexity Missing Authorization flaw (CWE-862) whose only impact is a LOW integrity effect - no confidentiality loss and no availability impact. In practice that typically means an attacker can invoke a protected action or modify limited plugin state they should not be able to reach, rather than achieving data theft or full compromise. No EPSS score was supplied in the input, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified here. The vulnerability is NOT listed in CISA KEV and no public exploit code is referenced, so there is no evidence of active exploitation. No SSVC decision data was provided. Signals are internally consistent (network vector matches a WordPress plugin reachable over HTTP, PR:N matches the 'Authentication Bypass'/'Broken Access Control' characterization), so no contradictions need flagging - the main limiter on real-world risk is the narrow integrity-only impact and the apparently small deployment footprint of this specific plugin.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An unauthenticated attacker sends a crafted HTTP request directly to an access-control-deficient endpoint of the PlanetStudio Payment Gateway plugin (versions up to and including 1.3.3) on a target WordPress site, invoking a function that should require authorization. Because the authorization check is missing or misconfigured, the action succeeds and the attacker modifies limited plugin state or data (consistent with the LOW integrity, no-confidentiality, no-availability CVSS impact). No public proof-of-concept is referenced, and given AC:L the request requires no special timing or preconditions.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 15, 2026

Missing authorization in the PlanetStudio Payment Gateway WordPress plugin (versions through 1.3.3) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to reach plugin functionality that should be gated behind an access-control or capability check, resulting in limited unauthorized modification of site state rather than data theft or takeover. Because the CVSS vector is PR:N/UI:N with C:N/I:L/A:N, exploitation requires only that the plugin be installed and active on an internet-reachable WordPress site and that the affected endpoint be reachable - no credentials and no victim interaction are needed, though the impact ceiling is low and integrity-only. The plugin has a small deployment footprint, and no public exploit code or confirmed active exploitation was identified at time of analysis; this is a genuine but moderate-priority issue rather than a critical emergency, so remediation should be scheduled rather than treated as an emergency outage.

RemediationAI

No vendor-released patch was identified at time of analysis - the available advisory data scopes all versions through 1.3.3 as affected and does not name a fixed release, so verify the plugin's current version against the WordPress.org plugin page and the Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/planetstudio-payment-gateway/vulnerability/wordpress-planetstudio-payment-gateway-plugin-1-3-3-broken-access-control-vulnerability) before acting. If no patched build is available, the most reliable mitigation is to deactivate and uninstall the PlanetStudio Payment Gateway plugin; the trade-off is loss of the payment-gateway integration until the vendor ships a fix, which for a live store means falling back to another payment path. If the plugin must remain active, restrict exposure: place the site behind authentication or IP allow-listing for wp-admin and admin-ajax.php where business traffic permits (side effect: may break legitimate logged-out checkout flows), and deploy WAF rules that block unauthenticated POSTs to the plugin's endpoints and to admin-ajax.php actions belonging to planetstudio-payment-gateway (side effect: rules require tuning to avoid blocking legitimate guest checkout traffic). Because the vector is PR:N and UI:N, per-request authentication checks at the reverse proxy are the only control that scales without modifying the plugin; keep WordPress core, WooCommerce, and all plugins updated, monitor logs for unexpected requests to the plugin's routes, and apply the vendor fix immediately once a version above 1.3.3 is published.

Affected VersionsENISA

PlanetStudio Payment Gateway 0 ≤1.3.3

Affected Packages

euvd planetstudio_payment_gateway no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

The issue is CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) in a third-party WordPress plugin, the PlanetStudio Payment Gateway, which handles payment processing integration for WooCommerce-style WordPress stores. WordPress plugins commonly expose privileged operations through admin-ajax.php actions, REST API routes registered with register_rest_route, or direct entry points in plugin PHP files; when such handlers omit capability checks (current_user_can) or nonce/authorization validation, the WordPress request pipeline will execute them for any visitor who can reach the site. The CPE entry cpe:2.3:a:planet_studio:planetstudio_payment_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* identifies the vendor as planet_studio and covers all released versions of the plugin, with the advisory scoping affected releases as n/a through 1.3.3. The CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N vector confirms the flaw is network-reachable, low complexity, unauthenticated, and requires no user interaction, but confines impact to low-level integrity loss within the vulnerable component - there is no confidentiality or availability impact, consistent with an attacker triggering an unauthorized payment-gateway configuration or state change rather than exfiltrating customer or card data or disabling the site.

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Severity by source

Vendor (Patchstack) PRIMARY 5.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
vuln.today AI 5.3 MEDIUM

Remotely reachable WordPress plugin endpoint with a missing authorization check (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N); impact limited to unauthorized state change, so I:L with C:N and A:N.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).

CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Planet studio PlanetStudio Payment Gateway planetstudio-payment-gateway allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects PlanetStudio Payment Gateway: from n/a through 1.3.3.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 89% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
niche single-vendor WordPress payment gateway plugin, limited install base
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
Yes
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

26
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +26
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.

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