CVE-2026-84044: CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity in Restaurant Menu and Food Ordering
Description
The Restaurant Menu and Food Ordering WordPress plugin before 2.4.12 does not verify that a PayPal payment notification genuinely originates from PayPal, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge a payment notification and mark their own order as paid and completed without making any payment.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.3medium
Affected software
Restaurant Menu and Food Ordering
Weaknesses
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-84044 is a vulnerability in the Restaurant Menu and Food Ordering WordPress plugin prior to version 2.4.12. The plugin fails to properly verify the authenticity of PayPal payment notifications, enabling attackers to forge such notifications. This flaw allows attackers to bypass payment verification and mark orders as paid and completed without actual payment. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-345 (Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity). No official patch or remediation level has been confirmed in the provided data.
Potential Impact
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to fraudulently mark their orders as paid and completed without making any payment. This results in financial loss for the merchant using the plugin. There is no indication of confidentiality or availability impact. The integrity of order payment status is compromised.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, users should consider disabling PayPal payment processing or implementing additional verification controls outside the plugin to validate payment notifications.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-01T04:02:29.037Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a9a9874acd9273b49681d5d
Added to database: 09/04/2026, 10:07:48 UTC
Last enriched: 09/07/2026, 12:11:54 UTC
Last updated: 10/17/2026, 18:48:23 UTC
Views: 70
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