What is CVE-2026-12972?

CVE-2026-12972 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Payplus Payment Gateway, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-07-20.

How severe is CVE-2026-12972?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Payplus Payment Gateway

CVE-2026-12972

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…

EPSS: 0.001 (3.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Unknown Payplus Payment Gateway — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

contact@wpscan.com (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-12972?: CVE-2026-12972 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Payplus Payment Gateway, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-07-20.
How severe is CVE-2026-12972?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.