PayU India Plugin up to 3.8.5 on WordPress authentication bypass

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in PayU India Plugin up to 3.8.5 on WordPress and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation results in authentication bypass. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2025-31022. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in PayU India Plugin up to 3.8.5 on WordPress. Affected is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication bypass vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-288. A product requires authentication, but the product has an alternate path or channel that does not require authentication. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in PayU India PayU India allows Authentication Abuse. This issue affects PayU India: from n/a through 3.8.5.

The weakness was disclosed by Rafie Muhammad. The advisory is available at patchstack.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-31022 since 03/26/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 3.8.8 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

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VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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CNA Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authentication bypass
CWE: CWE-288 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: PayU India Plugin 3.8.8

Timelineinfo

03/26/2025 🔍
06/09/2025 +74 days 🔍
06/09/2025 +0 days 🔍
08/04/2025 +56 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: patchstack.com
Researcher: Rafie Muhammad
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-31022 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-31022
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-311742

Entryinfo

Created: 06/09/2025 20:54
Updated: 08/04/2025 16:03
Changes: 06/09/2025 20:54 (63), 08/04/2025 16:03 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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