CVE-2026-17012

Restore PayPal Standard for WooCommerce <= 3.1.0 - Unauthenticated Payment Verification Bypass

2026-08-05 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Unpatched
Affected Plugin: Accept PayPal & Stripe with Subscriptions for WooCommerce
Affected Version: <= 3.1.0
CVSS: 5.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-602 · Client-Side Enforcement of Server-Side Security
CVE: CVE-2026-17012

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At a glance

CVE-2026-17012 is a medium-severity Client-Side Enforcement of Server-Side Security vulnerability in the Accept PayPal & Stripe with Subscriptions for WooCommerce WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 3.1.0. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. No fixed release has been reported yet; treat installations running this software as exposed. Disclosed August 2026, reported by Muni Nitish Kumar Yaddala.

Vulnerability Overview

The Restore PayPal Standard for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Payment Bypass in versions up to, and including, 3.1.0. This is due to a lack of server-side payment verification. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass payments.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-602: Client-Side Enforcement of Server-Side Security

The product is composed of a server that relies on the client to implement a mechanism that is intended to protect the server.

Remediation

No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.

How does WordSec protect against this?

This one needs no account at all, which puts it outside what login hardening can reach; WordSec's login security narrows the account-level paths around it, and the firewall is what inspects the request itself. No patched version is recorded yet, which is the case where a filtering layer matters most, because there is nothing to update to.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-17012 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/acb5b0e2-7a12-4c7e-b316-b03ae9b605fc https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-17012

CVSS Vector

5.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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