Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessIdentify site running PlanetStudio plugin
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ExploitSend crafted unauthenticated HTTP request
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ExecutionReach endpoint missing authorization check
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ImpactPerform unauthorized state-changing action
Vulnerability Assessment
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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. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – 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
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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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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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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.
Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).
CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack
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
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
EUVD-2026-102302
GHSA-pfjw-qrg6-hr62
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
Vulnrichment
Exploit-DB