Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessReach public WordPress endpoint
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DeliverySend request to unprotected gateway handler
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ExploitBypass missing authorization check
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ExecutionOverwrite/disable BCDC gateway settings
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ImpactPayPal removed from checkout for all customers
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 | Requires the PayPal Brasil para WooCommerce plugin (vendor odefranca) version ≤1.7.8 installed and active on a WordPress/WooCommerce store, with the BCDC payment gateway handler reachable over the network. The vulnerable activate/settings handlers do not verify that the caller is authorized, so exploitation needs no authentication (PR:N) and no user interaction. Limiting factors: impact is confined to toggling and overwriting the payment gateway configuration (integrity only) - there is no confidentiality exposure or code execution, and the practical consequence is removal/misconfiguration of PayPal at checkout rather than site compromise. |
| Impact | This is a genuine but limited-severity issue, correctly prioritized below emergency level. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N, base 5.3) is internally consistent with the description: a CWE-862 missing-authorization flaw reachable remotely by unauthenticated attackers with low complexity and no user interaction, but with impact confined to integrity (C:N, A:N). The vuln.today decision label is 'this_month' rather than 'act_now'/'emergency', which aligns with the moderate score. No EPSS score was supplied, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified. KEV status is not indicated (treat as not listed), so there is no confirmed active exploitation. The supplied references are a Wordfence advisory, WordPress plugin trac source lines showing the vulnerable handlers, and the fix changeset - these identify the flaw and patch, not a packaged exploit, so no working public exploit code is evidenced. The practical risk is reputational/operational rather than a data breach: an attacker can toggle or reconfigure the payment gateway, but cannot read data or directly compromise the host. This is a real priority for affected Brazilian WooCommerce merchants (silent loss of a checkout option affects revenue) but not a high-urgency RCE-class event. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An unauthenticated attacker sends a crafted request to the plugin's BCDC gateway activation/settings handler, which fails to verify the caller's authorization. The attacker disables the PayPal Brasil BCDC gateway or overwrites its WooCommerce gateway settings, silently removing PayPal from checkout for all customers of the store. No public working exploit is evidenced in the provided sources, though the vulnerable code paths are publicly documented in the plugin source. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 28, 2026
Unauthenticated attackers can disable or re-enable the PayPal Brasil BCDC payment gateway and overwrite its WooCommerce gateway settings in the PayPal Brasil para WooCommerce plugin (vendor odefranca) for WordPress, in all versions up to and including 1.7.8, silently removing PayPal from checkout for every customer on the store. The flaw is a missing-authorization defect (CWE-862): the plugin's BCDC activate and settings handlers never verify that the caller is permitted to perform the action, so the request needs no credentials (PR:N) and no user interaction (UI:N), though impact stays integrity-only (C:N/I:L/A:N, CVSS 5.3) with no data disclosure or code execution. Wordfence reports the issue and a plugin-repository changeset (r3744502) is referenced; no public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and the priority is this_month rather than emergency response.
RemediationAI
The source references include a WordPress.org plugin repository changeset for paypal-brasil-para-woocommerce (https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3744502%40paypal-brasil-para-woocommerce&new=3744502%40paypal-brasil-para-woocommerce), indicating an upstream fix has been committed; because the available data does not state a tagged release version containing that fix, site operators should consult the Wordfence advisory (https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2fa13ee0-0aee-4929-9bd0-a1375e002d26?source=cve) and the plugin's repository to confirm the exact patched version before upgrading, rather than assuming any specific version number. Where an immediate update is not possible, the exposure stems from the plugin's BCDC activate and settings handlers, so deactivating the PayPal Brasil para WooCommerce plugin removes the reachable attack surface at the cost of losing PayPal Brasil checkout entirely, while keeping the gateway enabled and only restricting who can reach the site does not address the missing authorization check itself. After applying the fix, review the BCDC gateway's enabled state and its stored WooCommerce settings to confirm no tampering occurred while the site was unpatched.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Affects 1 package in euvd
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The vulnerable component is a WordPress/WooCommerce payment-gateway plugin implemented in PHP; CPE cpe:2.3:a:odefranca:paypal_brasil_para_woocommerce identifies the odefranca package, and the vendor advisories point at plugin source under includes/handlers/, specifically class-paypal-brasil-bcdc-activate.php (lines 46 and 64), the shared class-paypal-brasil-handler.php (line 55) and class-paypal-brasil-api-ppp-activate.php (line 45). The root cause class is CWE-862 (Missing Authorization): the code paths that toggle the BCDC gateway and write its WooCommerce settings are reachable without a capability or equivalent authorization check, so an arbitrary network caller can flip the gateway's enabled state and modify its stored configuration. Because the affected functionality is configuration management rather than data handling or code evaluation, the consequences are bounded to payment-option integrity on the storefront. The exact route registration, AJAX action naming and nonce handling are not described in the available sources, and the precise request format needed to invoke the handlers is likewise not detailed there.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Unauthenticated remote request to a handler with no authorization check (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N); impact limited to altering gateway settings, so I:L with C:N and A:N.
Primary rating from Vendor (Wordfence).
CVSS VectorVendor: Wordfence
DescriptionCVE.org
The PayPal Brasil para WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.8. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to disable or enable the PayPal Brasil BCDC payment gateway and overwrite its WooCommerce gateway settings, removing PayPal from checkout for all customers.
Threat Intelligence Overview
How this decision was reached
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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-2026-111742
GHSA-m954-8rx7-5g9h
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
Exploit-DB