CVE-2025-15482: CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in chapaet Chapa Payment Gateway Plugin for WooCommerce
The Chapa Payment Gateway Plugin for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.3 via 'chapa_proceed' WooCommerce API endpoint. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including the merchant's Chapa secret API key.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The Chapa Payment Gateway Plugin for WooCommerce contains a sensitive information exposure vulnerability (CWE-200) in all versions up to 1.0.3. Specifically, the 'chapa_proceed' API endpoint can be accessed without authentication, allowing attackers to retrieve sensitive data such as the merchant's secret API key. This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.3, reflecting a medium severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction, and impact limited to confidentiality loss.
Potential Impact
An unauthenticated attacker can extract sensitive merchant information, including the secret API key used for payment processing. This could lead to unauthorized use or compromise of the merchant's payment gateway credentials. There is no reported impact on integrity or availability. No known exploits are currently in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict access to the 'chapa_proceed' API endpoint if possible, and monitor for unauthorized access attempts. Avoid exposing sensitive API keys in publicly accessible endpoints.
CVE-2025-15482: CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in chapaet Chapa Payment Gateway Plugin for WooCommerce
Description
The Chapa Payment Gateway Plugin for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.3 via 'chapa_proceed' WooCommerce API endpoint. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including the merchant's Chapa secret API key.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The Chapa Payment Gateway Plugin for WooCommerce contains a sensitive information exposure vulnerability (CWE-200) in all versions up to 1.0.3. Specifically, the 'chapa_proceed' API endpoint can be accessed without authentication, allowing attackers to retrieve sensitive data such as the merchant's secret API key. This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.3, reflecting a medium severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction, and impact limited to confidentiality loss.
Potential Impact
An unauthenticated attacker can extract sensitive merchant information, including the secret API key used for payment processing. This could lead to unauthorized use or compromise of the merchant's payment gateway credentials. There is no reported impact on integrity or availability. No known exploits are currently in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict access to the 'chapa_proceed' API endpoint if possible, and monitor for unauthorized access attempts. Avoid exposing sensitive API keys in publicly accessible endpoints.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2026-01-07T19:59:46.779Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 69830729f9fa50a62f79eb6a
Added to database: 2/4/2026, 8:45:29 AM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 9:21:44 PM
Last updated: 5/9/2026, 5:18:46 PM
Views: 82
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