The PayHere Payment Gateway WordPress plugin from 2.4.0 through 2.4.5 does not verify the authenticity of payment notifications when the merchant secret is unset, which is the default state, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge a payment confirmation and mark any order as paid without payment
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.3 Medium.
Data as of 2 Nov 2026, 13:13 UTC
Thin evidence
One scorer or none| CNA (WPScan) | CVSS 3.1 | 5.3 |
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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 2 Nov 2026
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 2 Nov 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| PayHere Payment Gateway | Affected
| Fixed in– |
Description
The PayHere Payment Gateway WordPress plugin from 2.4.0 through 2.4.5 does not verify the authenticity of payment notifications when the merchant secret is unset, which is the default state, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge a payment confirmation and mark any order as paid without payment.