The Easy Digital Downloads plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Order Manipulation in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.2 due to an order verification bypass
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.3 Medium.
Data as of 4 Nov 2026, 17:16 UTC
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 6 Nov 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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 4 Nov 2026.
Description
The Easy Digital Downloads plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Order Manipulation in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.2 due to an order verification bypass. The verification is unconditionally skipped when the POST body includes verification_override=1. Because this value is attacker-supplied, an unauthenticated actor can submit a forged IPN and have it treated as verified, even on production sites and with verification otherwise enabled. A valid PayPal transaction id is needed, restricting order manipulation to orders placed by the attacker. This, in turn, requires them to have a customer account.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11271 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/awesomemotive/easy-digital-downloads/blob/main/includes/gateways/paypal/ipn.php (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/awesomemotive/easy-digital-downloads/blob/main/src/Gateways/PayPal/IPN.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3382964%40easy-digital-downloads%2Ftrunk&old=3364285%40easy-digital-downloads%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= (opens in a new tab)
- wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4c63154e-9413-47ea-a740-441618266adf?source=cve (opens in a new tab)