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CVE-2026-12966: Direct Payments for WooCommerce (WordPress plugin) · Improper Access Control

Affects Direct Payments for WooCommerce (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.3 Medium : upgrade to 2.5.3 when convenient.

Data as of 1 Nov 2026, 08:20 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.3Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 23% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 2.5.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 1 Aug 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 31 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade Direct Payments for WooCommerce (WordPress plugin) to 2.5.3.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Direct Payments for WooCommerceAffected
  • <2.5.3
Fixed in
  • 2.5.3

AI-suggested

If you cannot patch yet, restrict access to AJAX handlers if possible or disable the plugin if not essential.

Description

The Direct Payments for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 2.5.3 does not verify that the requester owns the targeted WooCommerce order in several unauthenticated AJAX handlers before changing its status and overwriting its payment metadata, allowing unauthenticated attackers to tamper with other customers' orders, including forging a "payment sent" state, overwriting the payment-method label, and attaching forged payment-proof files.

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