What is CVE-2026-87979?

CVE-2026-87979 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Paymob For Woocommerce, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-09-23.

How severe is CVE-2026-87979?

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

Auth bypass in Paymob For Woocommerce

CVE-2026-87979

The Paymob for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 4.1.14 does not verify the request signature on the card-token branch of its payment webhook, allowing unauthenticated attackers to write a card-token record to any user's account and to enumerate registered accounts.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2026-09-23 · last modified 2026-09-23.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (10.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-24.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 10th percentile — 10.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

The 30-day trend appears once there are two daily scores.

Affected products

Paymob For Woocommerce

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/550a465c-4856-45bb-b609-0eaf1f2be660/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-87979?: CVE-2026-87979 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Paymob For Woocommerce, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-09-23.
How severe is CVE-2026-87979?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.