The OPay Payment Gateway for WooCommerce WordPress plugin through 2.5.5 does not properly verify that payment notifications originate from the payment provider, as the secret used to validate their signature is empty by default, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge a valid notification and mark arbitrary orders as paid, cancelled or failed
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.3 Medium.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 3% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
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 26 Oct 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: 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 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| OPay Payment Gateway for WooCommerce | Affected
| Fixed in– |
Description
The OPay Payment Gateway for WooCommerce WordPress plugin through 2.5.5 does not properly verify that payment notifications originate from the payment provider, as the secret used to validate their signature is empty by default, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge a valid notification and mark arbitrary orders as paid, cancelled or failed.