Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessIdentify WordPress site running WPForms with PayPal enabled
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DeliveryObtain or enumerate a target transaction ID
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ExploitCraft forged PayPal webhook payload with 'payment completed' status
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ExecutionSend unauthenticated HTTP POST to WPForms webhook endpoint
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PersistPlugin processes event without origin verification
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ImpactTransaction state updated to completed, triggering order fulfillment
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 | The target WordPress site must have the WPForms plugin installed at a version between 1.10.0.1 and 1.10.0.4 inclusive, and the PayPal payment integration within WPForms must be actively configured and enabled - sites using WPForms solely for non-payment forms are not exposed. The webhook endpoint must be publicly reachable over the internet. No authentication is required (CVSS PR:N), no user interaction is required (UI:N), and attack complexity is low (AC:L), meaning exploitation requires only network access and knowledge of the webhook URL and a valid transaction identifier. Exploitation is limited to integrity impact only - attackers cannot read sensitive data (C:N) or cause denial of service (A:N). Scope is unchanged (S:U), confining impact to the WordPress application itself. |
| Impact | The CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium) reflects low-complexity, unauthenticated network access with an integrity-only impact rated Low (I:L). However, this score likely understates real-world business risk: successful exploitation enables payment fraud by marking unpaid or reversed transactions as completed, which can result in goods or services being delivered without valid payment. EPSS at 0.02% (7th percentile) indicates very low current exploitation probability in the broader threat landscape, consistent with the absence of a CISA KEV listing and no reported POC. The combination of PR:N and AV:N means mass-scanning for vulnerable WPForms installations and automated forging of webhook payloads is technically feasible, raising the automatable risk even without confirmed exploitation. The real priority depends on whether PayPal integration is active on a given site - sites not using WPForms' PayPal addon are not exposed to this specific attack path. No conflicting signals between CVSS and description were identified. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker identifies a WordPress site running WPForms with PayPal integration enabled and version below 1.10.0.5. The attacker crafts an HTTP POST request mimicking a PayPal 'payment completed' webhook event for a target transaction ID and sends it directly to the site's WPForms webhook endpoint without any authentication. The plugin processes the forged event as legitimate, updates the transaction status to completed, and may trigger order fulfillment - delivering goods or services without actual payment. No POC has been identified at time of analysis, but the attack requires only knowledge of a transaction ID and the webhook endpoint URL. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jun 09, 2026
WPForms WordPress plugin versions prior to 1.10.0.5 allow unauthenticated remote attackers to forge PayPal webhook payloads and manipulate the payment state of arbitrary transactions due to absent webhook authenticity verification. The endpoint blindly processes incoming PayPal webhook events without validating their origin or integrity, enabling attackers to mark pending or failed payments as completed. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and EPSS at 0.02% (7th percentile) reflects low current exploitation activity, though the business impact of fraudulent payment confirmation can materially exceed what the CVSS integrity score suggests.
RemediationAI
Update WPForms to version 1.10.0.5 or later, which introduces proper verification of PayPal webhook event authenticity. This is the only confirmed fix; the patch is available from the vendor per advisory data. Site administrators should update immediately via the WordPress plugin dashboard or wp-cli. As a compensating control prior to patching, operators can temporarily disable the WPForms PayPal integration to prevent the vulnerable webhook endpoint from processing requests - note this will suspend PayPal-based payment collection entirely. Restricting access to the webhook URL via WAF or server-level rules to PayPal's published IP ranges is an additional mitigation, though IP allowlisting requires ongoing maintenance as PayPal's ranges may change. Advisory references: WPScan (https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1d99eed6-9a16-4d5a-90f9-ab604dfd5b92/) and NVD (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-4986).
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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WPForms is a widely deployed WordPress form builder plugin that integrates with PayPal for payment collection. PayPal's webhook system sends event notifications (e.g., payment completed, payment reversed) to a registered endpoint on the merchant's server. Legitimate implementations are required to verify incoming webhook events against a shared secret or PayPal's certificate-based signing mechanism before acting on them. The affected versions (1.10.0.1 through 1.10.0.4) fail to perform this verification, directly processing webhook payloads as trusted. This maps to CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) - the software does not perform an access control check to confirm that the request originates from a legitimate, authorized source (PayPal's servers) before executing a privileged state change on transaction records. The CVSS vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N confirms the endpoint is network-reachable with no authentication and no user interaction required.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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CVSS VectorVendor: wpscan
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4DescriptionCVE.org
The WPForms WordPress plugin before 1.10.0.5 does not verify the authenticity of incoming PayPal webhook events before processing them, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge webhook payloads and manipulate the payment state of arbitrary transactions.
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