PayPlus Payment Gateway Plugin up to 8.2.1 on WordPress AJAX Action access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in PayPlus Payment Gateway Plugin up to 8.2.1. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component AJAX Action. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-12972. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in PayPlus Payment Gateway Plugin up to 8.2.1. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component AJAX Action. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The PayPlus Payment Gateway WordPress plugin before 8.2.2 does not perform authorization or order-ownership validation in one of its AJAX actions available to unauthenticated users, allowing them to tamper with the payment-related metadata of arbitrary WooCommerce orders.

The advisory is shared at wpscan.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-12972 since 06/23/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 8.2.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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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: no mitigation known
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Upgrade: Payment Gateway Plugin 8.2.2

Timelineinfo

06/23/2026 CVE reserved
07/20/2026 +27 days Advisory disclosed
07/20/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/20/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-12972 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-12972
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-380549

Entryinfo

Created: 07/20/2026 09:28
Changes: 07/20/2026 09:28 (55)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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