Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessLocate WooCommerce store running the plugin
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DeliveryCraft forged payment-provider notification
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ExploitPOST to unauthenticated callback endpoint
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ExecutionTarget order marked paid without payment
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ImpactGoods released / fraudulent order fulfilled
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 a target WordPress site running the Chikkili- Google Pay India for Woocommerce plugin at version ≤1.0.6 with WooCommerce and this Google Pay India payment method installed and enabled; the attacker reaches the plugin's payment-notification/callback endpoint, which fails to verify that the notification originated from the payment provider (CWE-862). Per the CVSS vector (PR:N/UI:N), no authentication or user interaction is needed. Limiting factors: the flaw is confined to stores that have specifically installed and activated this plugin, and impact is restricted to fraudulently marking orders as paid (integrity) - there is no confidentiality or availability impact and no remote code execution. |
| Impact | Signals are mostly consistent and point to a genuine but moderate-severity business-logic flaw rather than a top-priority emergency. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) describes a remotely reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated flaw with no user interaction, but impact is constrained to integrity only (C:N/I:L/A:N), yielding a base score of 5.3 - there is no code execution, data disclosure, or availability loss. EPSS is very low at 0.14% (3rd percentile), the CVE is NOT in CISA KEV, and the exploit signal is a WPScan reference only, not verified working exploit code, so active exploitation is not demonstrated. The vuln.today decision label is 'this_month', which aligns with the picture: a real authorization-check gap worth patching on a normal maintenance cycle rather than an act_now/emergency item. The main caveat is business risk versus technical severity - for a merchant, 'mark arbitrary orders as paid without payment' is directly monetizable fraud, so real-world impact to an affected shop can exceed what a 5.3 implies even though the technical impact metric is only I:L. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker identifies a WooCommerce store running this plugin (≤1.0.6) with the Google Pay India payment method enabled, then sends a forged payment-notification request to the plugin's callback endpoint, which does not verify the notification actually came from the payment provider. The store marks the attacker's order as paid and may release digital goods or begin fulfillment without any real payment. A public PoC reference exists on WPScan; it is not verified as working exploit code. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 26, 2026
Unauthenticated order fraud in the Chikkili- Google Pay India for WooCommerce WordPress plugin through version 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to mark arbitrary WooCommerce orders as paid without any payment being made, because the plugin accepts payment notifications without verifying that they originated from the payment provider. The flaw is confined to sites that have installed and activated this plugin alongside WooCommerce and the Google Pay India payment method; impact is integrity-only (fraudulent paid status), with no confidentiality or availability effect and no code execution. No confirmed working exploit code is available - only a public reference that has not been verified as working exploit code - and EPSS is low at 0.14% (3rd percentile), consistent with a moderate business-logic issue rather than a top-priority emergency.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch version is identified in the available data; the WPScan advisory (https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d6ee17a1-0db1-4610-8c96-96e98fb734ec/) is the authoritative place to check for an updated plugin release, and administrators should upgrade as soon as a version later than 1.0.6 is published. Until then, the most direct compensating control is to deactivate the plugin and disable the Google Pay India payment method on the store - the trade-off is loss of that payment option, and orders already taken through it should be reconciled manually against provider settlement records. Restricting access to the plugin's payment-notification/callback endpoint (for example via web-server or WAF rules permitting only the provider's published source ranges) reduces exposure but will silently break legitimate payment notifications if the filter is inaccurate, so it must be validated against real traffic. Because the flaw only manifests as fraudulent order status, monitoring WooCommerce order transitions to "paid" that lack a matching settlement record from the payment provider gives a practical detection layer. Applying the WordPress-typical hardening baseline (keeping WooCommerce and all plugins current) is appropriate but does not by itself remediate this missing-origin-verification flaw.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The affected component is a WordPress/WooCommerce payment gateway integration that implements a Google Pay India payment-notification (callback/webhook) handler. The root cause is CWE-862 (Missing Authorization): the handler processes an incoming notification and transitions the associated order to a paid state without first establishing that the request actually came from the payment provider - i.e., the origin/authenticity of the notification is not validated before the state change is applied. Per the assessed CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U), the endpoint is reachable over the network and the vector indicates no privileges or user interaction are required, so the request can be issued directly by a remote party. The CPE entry records the vendor as unknown (cpe:2.3:a:unknown:chikkili-_google_pay_india_for_woocommerce), reflecting that this is a third-party WordPress plugin distributed outside the standard vendor naming; EUVD tracks the affected range as version 0 through 1.0.6. The sources do not describe the exact request format or trigger path beyond the absent origin check, and there is no evidence of code execution, data disclosure, or denial of service - the practical effect is limited to falsified order/payment status.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Unauthenticated remote forged notification (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N); only integrity is affected by falsely marking orders paid (I:L), with no confidentiality or availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (WPScan).
CVSS VectorVendor: WPScan
Lifecycle Timeline
3DescriptionCVE.org
The Chikkili- Google Pay India for Woocommerce WordPress plugin through 1.0.6 does not verify that a payment notification actually originated from the payment provider before marking the associated order as paid, allowing unauthenticated attackers to mark arbitrary orders as paid without any payment being made.
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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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