CVE-2026-12738: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in saadiqbal WP Easy Pay – Payment and Donation form Builder for Square
The WP Easy Pay – Payment and Donation form Builder for Square plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.0. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to set the status of arbitrary posts and pages to 'draft', effectively unpublishing arbitrary site content.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The WP Easy Pay – Payment and Donation form Builder for Square WordPress plugin suffers from a missing authorization check (CWE-862) in all versions up to 4.5.0. Authenticated users with subscriber-level privileges or above can exploit this vulnerability to set the status of arbitrary posts and pages to 'draft', thereby unpublishing content without proper permission. This occurs because the plugin fails to verify that the user is authorized to perform the status change action. No official patch or remediation has been documented as of the publication date.
Potential Impact
An attacker with subscriber-level access or higher can unpublish arbitrary posts and pages by changing their status to 'draft'. This results in unauthorized content modification, potentially disrupting website availability and content integrity. There is no indication of confidentiality or availability impact beyond content unpublishing. No known exploits in the wild have been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, restrict user roles and permissions to trusted users only, and monitor for unauthorized content status changes. Avoid granting subscriber-level or higher access to untrusted users.
CVE-2026-12738: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in saadiqbal WP Easy Pay – Payment and Donation form Builder for Square
Description
The WP Easy Pay – Payment and Donation form Builder for Square plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.0. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to set the status of arbitrary posts and pages to 'draft', effectively unpublishing arbitrary site content.
CVSS v3.1
Score 4.3medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The WP Easy Pay – Payment and Donation form Builder for Square WordPress plugin suffers from a missing authorization check (CWE-862) in all versions up to 4.5.0. Authenticated users with subscriber-level privileges or above can exploit this vulnerability to set the status of arbitrary posts and pages to 'draft', thereby unpublishing content without proper permission. This occurs because the plugin fails to verify that the user is authorized to perform the status change action. No official patch or remediation has been documented as of the publication date.
Potential Impact
An attacker with subscriber-level access or higher can unpublish arbitrary posts and pages by changing their status to 'draft'. This results in unauthorized content modification, potentially disrupting website availability and content integrity. There is no indication of confidentiality or availability impact beyond content unpublishing. No known exploits in the wild have been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, restrict user roles and permissions to trusted users only, and monitor for unauthorized content status changes. Avoid granting subscriber-level or higher access to untrusted users.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-19T16:37:04.989Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a51e39f68715ace434f56e2
Added to database: 07/11/2026, 06:33:03 UTC
Last enriched: 07/18/2026, 15:31:35 UTC
Last updated: 08/22/2026, 10:52:07 UTC
Views: 59
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