CVE-2026-105989: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7
Description
The Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 4.0.7 does not perform any authorization or request-validation checks on one of its AJAX actions, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge the stored transaction status of records and to write the Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 4.0.7's status metadata onto arbitrary posts.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.3medium
Affected software
Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-105989 describes a missing authorization vulnerability (CWE-862) in the Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin prior to version 4.0.7. The plugin fails to perform authorization or request-validation checks on one of its AJAX actions. This allows unauthenticated attackers to forge stored transaction statuses and write status metadata onto arbitrary posts within the WordPress environment.
Potential Impact
An attacker can manipulate transaction status records without authentication, potentially leading to unauthorized changes in payment status metadata. This could affect the integrity of payment records and related post metadata within the WordPress site using this plugin.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade the Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7 plugin to version 4.0.7 or later where this authorization issue is fixed. Patch status is not explicitly confirmed in the input data, but the affected versions are prior to 4.0.7, indicating that 4.0.7 contains the fix.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-10-06T10:49:48.703Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6ac9d5582cdf04f6560b02ad
Added to database: 10/10/2026, 06:04:08 UTC
Last enriched: 10/10/2026, 06:19:03 UTC
Last updated: 10/10/2026, 21:26:33 UTC
Views: 13
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