Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Unauthenticated network-reachable missing-authorization flaw (PR:N, AC:L, UI:N) permitting unauthorized data modification, so integrity-only impact (I:H) with no confidentiality or availability effect.
Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).
CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionCVE.org
Unauthenticated Broken Access Control in Payment Gateway for PayPal on WooCommerce <= 9.1.4 versions.
AnalysisAI
Broken access control in the Payment Gateway for PayPal on WooCommerce WordPress plugin (versions <= 9.1.4) lets remote unauthenticated attackers tamper with integrity-sensitive data due to a missing authorization check. Reported by Patchstack and tagged as an authentication bypass, the flaw exposes protected plugin functionality without any login. No public exploit code and no CISA KEV listing were identified at time of analysis.
Technical ContextAI
The affected component is a WordPress/WooCommerce plugin (CPE cpe:2.3:a:easy_payment:payment_gateway_for_paypal_on_woocommerce, slug woo-paypal-gateway) that integrates PayPal payment processing into WooCommerce stores. The root cause is CWE-862 (Missing Authorization): one or more plugin actions - typically exposed through WordPress AJAX handlers or REST/admin-post endpoints - fail to verify the caller's capabilities or a valid nonce before executing privileged logic. Because WordPress plugins commonly register such handlers on hooks reachable by any visitor (e.g. wp_ajax_nopriv_ or unauthenticated REST routes), the missing check allows callers who should have no access to invoke functionality that alters plugin state.
RemediationAI
Update the plugin to the first release above 9.1.4 as published by the vendor; the input data does not name an exact fixed version, so treat this as 'patch available per vendor advisory' and confirm the fixed release on the Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/woo-paypal-gateway/vulnerability/wordpress-payment-gateway-for-paypal-on-woocommerce-plugin-9-1-4-broken-access-control-vulnerability) or the plugin's WordPress.org changelog before deploying. If an updated version is not yet available in your environment, compensating controls include placing a WAF or virtual patch (Patchstack's own mitigation, or rules restricting the plugin's AJAX/admin-post/REST endpoints to authenticated privileged users) in front of the site, or temporarily deactivating the plugin and switching to an alternative PayPal integration - noting that deactivation disables PayPal checkout and will interrupt store payment flow. Do not invent a version number; verify the exact patched release with the vendor.
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External POC / Exploit Code
Leaving vuln.today
EUVD-2026-48199
GHSA-hfpc-3385-8g9j