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
CVE-2026-12738 is an authorization bypass vulnerability (CWE-862) in the WP Easy Pay – Payment and Donation form Builder for Square WordPress plugin. The plugin fails to properly verify user authorization before allowing status changes on posts and pages. As a result, authenticated users with subscriber-level privileges or higher can set arbitrary posts or pages to 'draft', causing unintended content unpublishing. This affects all versions up to and including 4.5.0. No official patch or remediation has been confirmed as of the published date.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated users with low-level privileges (subscriber and above) to unpublish arbitrary site content by changing post or page statuses to 'draft'. This can disrupt website content availability and potentially affect site operations or user trust. There is no indication of confidentiality or availability impact beyond content unpublishing.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, restrict subscriber-level user permissions where possible and monitor for unauthorized content status changes.
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
CVE-2026-12738 is an authorization bypass vulnerability (CWE-862) in the WP Easy Pay – Payment and Donation form Builder for Square WordPress plugin. The plugin fails to properly verify user authorization before allowing status changes on posts and pages. As a result, authenticated users with subscriber-level privileges or higher can set arbitrary posts or pages to 'draft', causing unintended content unpublishing. This affects all versions up to and including 4.5.0. No official patch or remediation has been confirmed as of the published date.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated users with low-level privileges (subscriber and above) to unpublish arbitrary site content by changing post or page statuses to 'draft'. This can disrupt website content availability and potentially affect site operations or user trust. There is no indication of confidentiality or availability impact beyond content unpublishing.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, restrict subscriber-level user permissions where possible and monitor for unauthorized content status changes.
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: 07/11/2026, 06:48:09 UTC
Last updated: 07/11/2026, 20:49:00 UTC
Views: 11
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