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Sifalo Pay EUVDEUVD-2026-100866

| CVE-2026-94260 MEDIUM
Missing Authorization (CWE-862)
2026-10-14 WPScan GHSA-c2m5-wfwq-jh99
5.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: WPScan
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Attack ChainAIDerived

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

  1. Access
    Send crafted payment-return request
  2. Exploit
    Reference arbitrary order ID
  3. Execution
    Bypass missing ownership/authorization check
  4. Impact
    Overwrite payment metadata and force order failed

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

No authentication, no user interaction, and no special privileges are required (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N): the payment-return endpoint of Sifalo Pay before 2.5.3 fails to verify order ownership or authorization, so any remote party can target orders by ID. The practical prerequisite is simply that the store runs the vulnerable plugin and has orders in an 'awaiting payment' state for the force-to-failed action to take effect. Limiting factors: impact is confined to tampering with order/payment-session records and disrupting pending orders - there is no code execution, no confidentiality disclosure, and no site-level authentication bypass - and the deployment footprint of this niche plugin is small.

Impact

This is a genuine but limited-impact issue - a solid 'medium' rather than a top priority. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) confirms remote, unauthenticated, low-complexity exploitation with no user interaction, which is consistent with the description of an unauthenticated missing-authorization (CWE-862) flaw reachable through the payment-return handler. However, every impact-weighting signal points to low real-world severity: CVSS scores it only 5.3 (C:N/I:N/A:L), EPSS is just 0.17% (5th percentile), it is NOT on CISA KEV, and SSVC rates Exploitation as 'none' (no observed active exploitation) with Technical Impact 'partial'. The one aggravating signal is SSVC Automatable:yes combined with publicly available exploit code (WPScan), meaning the flaw could be scripted against many stores - but the actual damage is confined to tampering with order records (writing payment-session metadata, forcing awaiting-payment orders into a failed state), not RCE, data theft, or auth bypass into the site. Note a discrepancy worth verifying: the official vector records C:N/I:N/A:L, yet the description explicitly says an attacker can 'write arbitrary payment session metadata onto any order,' which is an integrity impact the official vector does not credit (see assessed vector below). Net: patch promptly for e-commerce/order-integrity reasons, but this is not an emergency and shows no sign of widespread or targeted exploitation.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An unauthenticated attacker sends crafted payment-return requests to a store running a vulnerable Sifalo Pay plugin, referencing order IDs they do not own. Because the handler never verifies order ownership or authorization, the attacker writes arbitrary payment-session metadata onto those orders and flips any order awaiting payment into a failed state, disrupting checkout and corrupting order records. Public exploit code exists (WPScan), and the flaw is machine-automatable, so enumeration across many orders is feasible.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 14, 2026

Unauthenticated attackers can write arbitrary payment session metadata onto any order and force any awaiting-payment order into a failed state in Sifalo Pay WordPress plugin versions before 2.5.3, because the payment-return handler does not verify order ownership or authorization. Publicly available exploit code exists, though EPSS is 0.17% (5th percentile) and no active exploitation is confirmed. The independent assessment rates this as a genuine but limited-impact medium issue: no code execution, no confidentiality loss, and only low integrity and availability impact.

RemediationAI

Upgrade the Sifalo Pay WordPress plugin to version 2.5.3 or later; vendor-released patch is available (WPScan advisory: https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cbb9ff30-9145-43a8-ab8a-157a5a0ef9dd/). If upgrading immediately is not possible, deactivate the plugin to remove the vulnerable payment-return endpoint; this eliminates exposure but disables all Sifalo Pay payment processing. Alternatively, deploy a WAF or web server rule to block unauthenticated access to the plugin's payment-return path, but this may break legitimate payment callbacks and prevent orders from completing; test carefully. Monitor stores for orders forced into failed status or unexpected changes to payment session metadata, and review order logs for tampering.

Affected VersionsENISA

Sifalo Pay 2.0 <2.5.3

Affected Packages

euvd sifalo_pay fix: 2.5.3

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Sifalo Pay is a WordPress payment plugin; the vulnerable component is a payment-return or callback handler that accepts an order identifier and updates order/payment session metadata. The root cause is CWE-862 Missing Authorization: the plugin does not check that the requester owns the order or has authority to modify it. The CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L shows the flaw is remotely reachable without authentication (PR:N) and without user interaction (UI:N); the independent assessment aligns with this and adjusts integrity and availability to low (I:L/A:L), yielding medium risk. The CISA SSVC decision framework records exploitation as none, automatable as yes, and technical impact as partial. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:unknown:sifalo_pay:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* identifies the plugin but the vendor is recorded as unknown; EUVD lists Sifalo Pay 2.0 <2.5.3 as affected.

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Severity by source

Vendor (WPScan) PRIMARY 5.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
vuln.today AI 6.5 MEDIUM

Unauthenticated remote access with no interaction keeps AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N; assessed I:L because attackers write arbitrary order metadata (an integrity impact the official C:N/I:N/A:L omits), plus A:L for forcing orders to failed.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (WPScan).

CVSS VectorVendor: WPScan

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

Lifecycle Timeline

4
CVSS changed
Oct 14, 2026 - 14:22 NVD
5.3 (None) 5.3 (MEDIUM)
Patch available
Oct 14, 2026 - 08:16 EUVD
CVE Published
Oct 14, 2026 - 06:00 cve.org
MEDIUM 5.3
CVE Published
Oct 14, 2026 - 06:00 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

The Sifalo Pay WordPress plugin before 2.5.3 does not verify ownership of, or authorisation for, the order being updated when it handles a payment return, allowing unauthenticated attackers to write arbitrary payment session metadata onto any order in the store and to force any order awaiting payment into a failed state.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 95% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
niche WordPress payment-gateway plugin, small deployment footprint
Exploit
POC
Public exploit code exists
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 Yes
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
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

46
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +26
PoC: +20
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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