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Premium Packages EUVDEUVD-2026-85063

| CVE-2026-93511 MEDIUM
Authentication Bypass by Spoofing (CWE-290)
2026-09-23 contact@wpscan.com GHSA-wv8r-wv6j-wh9g
5.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: wpscan
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Attack ChainAIDerived

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

  1. Access
    Obtain valid order transaction id
  2. Delivery
    Craft forged unsigned PayPal webhook
  3. Exploit
    POST to plugin notification endpoint
  4. Execution
    Plugin skips signature verification
  5. Impact
    Fraudulent payment confirmed or subscription cancelled

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A07:2025 - Authentication Failures
ASVS 5.0
V6 - Authentication Anti-spoofing controls
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Defense Evasion

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Requires the Premium Packages plugin (versions 7.0.0 up to but not including 7.2.1) to be installed and configured to process PayPal payments/subscriptions via webhooks/IPN, and the attacker must know a valid PayPal transaction id for an existing order on the site (obtainable from receipts, confirmation emails, exports, or logs). No authentication and no user interaction are needed (PR:N/UI:N) - the forged notification is delivered directly to the plugin's unauthenticated webhook handler, which processes it because it never validates PayPal's signature. Limiting factors: the transaction-id prerequisite makes attacks targeted rather than blind/mass, and impact is confined to payment/subscription state integrity (no data disclosure or availability loss).

Impact

Moderate-but-narrow risk. The NVD CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N = 5.3) is internally consistent with the description: a network-reachable, unauthenticated webhook endpoint (PayPal IPN/webhook) that fails to verify the cryptographic signature (CWE-290, authentication bypass by spoofing). Impact is correctly scoped to integrity only (I:L) - an attacker can forge a payment 'completed' event (fraudulently unlocking a paid package/subscription) or forge a subscription-cancellation event (denying a legitimate user their access), but cannot read data (C:N) or take down the service (A:N). The one real limiter, understated by AC:L, is that the attacker must know the target order's PayPal transaction id; these are not high-entropy secrets (they appear in receipts, confirmation emails, exports and logs) so AC:L is defensible, though it keeps exploitation targeted rather than fully mass-automatable. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public POC are present in the provided intelligence - so this is a legitimate but low-urgency financial-integrity bug, not an emergency: prioritize for revenue/payment-integrity reasons on sites actually running this plugin, but it is not a widespread-exploitation threat. Exploitation status: no public exploit identified at time of analysis.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker obtains a valid PayPal transaction id for an order on a target site (from a leaked receipt, email, log, or their own past order) and sends a forged, unsigned PayPal webhook to the plugin's notification endpoint claiming that payment for that order completed - the plugin accepts it without verifying PayPal's signature and grants the associated premium package/subscription for free. The same flaw lets the attacker POST a forged subscription-cancellation event to revoke a legitimate customer's active subscription. No public POC or active exploitation is reported at time of analysis.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 23, 2026

Unauthenticated attackers can forge PayPal payment and subscription-cancellation notifications against WordPress sites running the Premium Packages plugin before 7.2.1, because the plugin processes webhook/IPN payloads without verifying PayPal's signature. The transaction-id prerequisite makes attacks targeted rather than blind, and the impact is limited to payment and subscription state integrity (CVSS 5.3, CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N) with no data disclosure or availability loss. A vendor patch is available in 7.2.1; no public exploit code or confirmed active exploitation was identified at time of analysis.

RemediationAI

Upgrade the Premium Packages WordPress plugin to version 7.2.1 or later - the vendor has released a patch, and this is the only complete fix because it restores PayPal signature verification in the notification handler; advisory detail is at https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/edc2f15c-a72b-47c2-ad38-e6f5a8441d72/. If upgrading immediately is not possible, the most effective compensating control is to temporarily disable PayPal webhook/IPN-based payment and subscription processing in the plugin and reconcile orders manually through the PayPal dashboard, accepting the trade-off that automated payment confirmation and subscription lifecycle management will stop and customers may see delayed fulfilment. As a partial measure, restrict the plugin's notification endpoint at the web server or WAF so that only PayPal's published source IP ranges can reach it and reject requests carrying unexpected content types - this reduces opportunistic abuse but does not stop an attacker who can spoof or relay from an allowed origin, since the underlying signature check is still absent. Also reduce the exposure of PayPal transaction ids by scrubbing them from publicly accessible order exports, logs, and customer-facing emails where feasible, and audit existing orders and subscription records for forged confirmations or unexpected cancellations while the unpatched version remains in place.

Affected VersionsENISA

Premium Packages 7.0.0 <7.2.1

Affected Packages

euvd premium_packages fix: 7.2.1

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

The root cause is CWE-290 (Authentication Bypass by Spoofing): the Premium Packages plugin implements a PayPal notification handler (webhook/IPN endpoint) that accepts incoming payment and subscription events but does not validate PayPal's cryptographic signature before acting on them. Because the endpoint is reachable without authentication (PR:N) and requires no victim interaction (UI:N), any remote party who knows a valid PayPal transaction id for an existing order on the target site can craft a notification that the plugin treats as legitimate - confirming a payment that was never made or cancelling a subscription that should remain active. Transaction ids are typically obtainable from receipts, confirmation emails, store exports, or application logs, which is why the assessed attack conditions require that knowledge rather than allowing mass blind forgery. The EUVD record places the practical affected range at Premium Packages 7.0.0 up to but not including 7.2.1; no CPE strings were supplied for this entry, so product identification rests on the WordPress plugin slug and the WPScan advisory. The assessed impact is confined to integrity (I:L) of payment/subscription records, with no confidentiality or availability component, and the vector aligns with the independent assessment.

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Severity by source

Vendor (wpscan) 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 webhook with no signature check (AV:N/PR:N/UI:N); transaction-id is low-entropy and obtainable so AC:L holds; integrity-only impact (forged payment/cancellation), no confidentiality or availability.

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 (wpscan).

CVSS VectorVendor: wpscan

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

Lifecycle Timeline

4
CVSS changed
Sep 23, 2026 - 11:22 NVD
5.3 (MEDIUM)
Patch available
Sep 23, 2026 - 07:01 EUVD
CVE Published
Sep 23, 2026 - 06:17 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Sep 23, 2026 - 06:17 cve.org
MEDIUM 5.3

DescriptionCVE.org

The Premium Packages WordPress plugin before 7.2.1 does not verify PayPal's webhook signature before processing payment and subscription notifications, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge payment confirmations and subscription-cancellation events against any order whose transaction id they know.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 90% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
niche WordPress paid-content/membership plugin, limited install base
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

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 Yes
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

Attack Technique

Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.

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