Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Unauthenticated network endpoint with no authorization check (PR:N, AV:N, AC:L, UI:N); impact is state tampering only, so I:H with C:N and A:N.
Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).
CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack
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2DescriptionCVE.org
Unauthenticated Broken Access Control in NOWPayments for WooCommerce <= 1.4.0 versions.
AnalysisAI
Broken access control in the NOWPayments for WooCommerce WordPress plugin (versions <= 1.4.0) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to perform actions or modify state that should be restricted, without any authentication. The flaw stems from a missing authorization check (CWE-862) on a network-reachable endpoint, and per its CVSS 3.1 vector it affects integrity only (I:H) with no confidentiality or availability impact. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, though the vulnerability was cataloged by Patchstack, a specialist in WordPress plugin security research.
Technical ContextAI
The affected component is the NOWPayments for WooCommerce plugin (CPE cpe:2.3:a:coderpress:nowpayments_for_woocommerce), a payment-gateway integration that connects WooCommerce stores to the NOWPayments cryptocurrency processor. The root cause is CWE-862 (Missing Authorization): a handler - typically a WordPress AJAX action, REST route, or webhook/IPN callback - is exposed without verifying the caller's identity or capability. In WordPress plugins this class of bug usually arises from registering a wp_ajax_nopriv_ action, an unauthenticated REST endpoint, or a payment-callback handler that lacks a nonce, capability check, or signature validation, allowing untrusted callers to invoke privileged logic.
RemediationAI
Upgrade the NOWPayments for WooCommerce plugin to a version later than 1.4.0 once the vendor publishes a fixed release; the input identifies the last vulnerable version as 1.4.0 but does not state an exact patched version, so no vendor-released patch version is independently confirmed at time of analysis - verify the fixed release via the Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/nowpayments-for-woocommerce/vulnerability/wordpress-nowpayments-for-woocommerce-plugin-1-4-0-broken-access-control-vulnerability) or the WordPress.org plugin changelog. Until a patch is applied, compensating controls include deploying a WordPress WAF (Patchstack or equivalent) with a virtual patch for this CVE, restricting access to the plugin's callback/AJAX endpoints at the web-server or firewall layer, and - if the crypto payment method is non-essential - temporarily deactivating the plugin, with the trade-off that cryptocurrency checkout will be unavailable to customers.
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External POC / Exploit Code
Leaving vuln.today
EUVD-2026-41339
GHSA-84q6-57x9-mmj9