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WooCommerce Deposits Plugin EUVDEUVD-2026-76215

| CVE-2026-27378 MEDIUM
Missing Authorization (CWE-862)
2026-09-11 Patchstack GHSA-6fvc-xvc4-w3hx
5.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Patchstack
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Attack ChainAIDerived

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

  1. Access
    Identify target WordPress site running plugin
  2. Exploit
    Send unauthenticated POST to AJAX endpoint
  3. Execution
    Bypass missing authorization check
  4. Impact
    Manipulate deposit or partial payment state

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

Exploitation requires that the target WordPress site has the Deposits and Partial Payments for WooCommerce plugin installed, active, and at version 3.1.0 or earlier. The attack is fully unauthenticated (PR:N) and requires no user interaction. The specific limiting factors are: (1) the site must be running WooCommerce alongside this specific plugin, and (2) the impact is confined to integrity manipulation of deposit/payment-related data rather than full compromise - there is no confidentiality or availability impact per the CVSS vector. No special network position or configuration is required beyond reaching the WordPress AJAX endpoint over HTTP/HTTPS.

Impact

The CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.3 (Medium) reflects a network-accessible, zero-complexity, zero-privilege flaw with limited integrity impact and no confidentiality or availability consequence (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N). The practical real-world risk is constrained by the I:L rating - while any unauthenticated actor on the internet can trigger the vulnerable endpoint, the blast radius is bounded to partial payment or deposit state manipulation rather than full site compromise or data exfiltration. No EPSS score was supplied and the vulnerability is absent from the CISA KEV catalog, suggesting no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation at time of analysis. For most WooCommerce store operators, this represents a meaningful but non-critical integrity risk; even a mid-sized municipal IT team in tczew running an e-commerce deployment on this plugin should treat this as a routine patching priority rather than an emergency incident response trigger. The absence of a confirmed fix version in the available data is a minor gap - patch status should be verified directly against the Patchstack advisory and the WordPress plugin repository changelog.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An unauthenticated attacker enumerates or infers the vulnerable WordPress AJAX action name by inspecting the plugin source code or publicly available decompilations, then sends a crafted POST request to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php (or the equivalent REST endpoint) invoking the unprotected action. Because no authorization check exists, the server executes the operation - potentially altering deposit percentages, bypassing partial payment requirements, or modifying order-level payment state - directly on the target WooCommerce store. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 11, 2026

Broken access control in the Deposits and Partial Payments for WooCommerce plugin (MagePeople Team) versions up to and including 3.1.0 allows unauthenticated network attackers to perform unauthorized integrity-impacting actions on deposit and partial payment functionality. The root cause is CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), meaning certain plugin endpoints or AJAX actions execute restricted operations without validating whether the caller has permission to do so. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and the vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RemediationAI

Update the Deposits and Partial Payments for WooCommerce plugin to a version above 3.1.0 via the WordPress plugin dashboard or by downloading directly from the WordPress plugin repository. The Patchstack advisory at the reference URL should be consulted to confirm the exact patched version number, as the input data does not specify it. As a temporary compensating control if immediate update is not possible, site administrators can deactivate the plugin entirely to eliminate the attack surface, at the cost of losing deposit and partial payment checkout functionality. Restricting access to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php via firewall or WAF rules is not a reliable standalone mitigation since nopriv AJAX calls are a core WordPress mechanism used by many legitimate plugins.

Affected VersionsENISA

Deposits and Partial Payments for WooCommerce n/a ≤3.1.0

Affected Packages

euvd deposits_and_partial_payments_for_woocommerce no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The affected product is a WordPress plugin developed by MagePeople Team, extending WooCommerce with deposit and partial payment capabilities for e-commerce checkouts. The CPE identifier cpe:2.3:a:magepeopleteam:deposits_and_partial_payments_for_woocommerce:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* confirms the vendor and plugin scope. CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) indicates that one or more server-side handlers - likely WordPress AJAX nopriv hooks or REST API endpoints - execute sensitive actions (such as modifying deposit settings, amounts, or order-related payment state) without calling WordPress capability checks (e.g., current_user_can()) before processing the request. This class of flaw is common in WooCommerce plugin development where developers register nopriv AJAX actions for unauthenticated guests but fail to gate write operations behind authorization logic.

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Severity by source

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

Network-reachable unauthenticated endpoint with no complexity; scope unchanged; only low integrity impact as no confidentiality or availability loss described.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).

CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack

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

DescriptionCVE.org

Unauthenticated Broken Access Control in Deposits and Partial Payments for WooCommerce <= 3.1.0 versions.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 88% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
niche WooCommerce extension for deposit/partial payment workflows
Data Quality
3 sources
Confidence: Low

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 No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available No
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

26
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +26
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

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