What is CVE-2026-12973?

CVE-2026-12973 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Payplus Payment Gateway, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-07-20.

How severe is CVE-2026-12973?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Payplus Payment Gateway

CVE-2026-12973

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 disclose the secret order key of arbitra…

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Unknown Payplus Payment Gateway — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-12973?: CVE-2026-12973 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Payplus Payment Gateway, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-07-20.
How severe is CVE-2026-12973?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.