What is CVE-2026-87981?

CVE-2026-87981 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Paymob For Woocommerce, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2026-09-23.

How severe is CVE-2026-87981?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Paymob For Woocommerce

CVE-2026-87981

The Paymob for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 4.1.14 does not perform a capability check on several admin AJAX actions that manage its payment-gateway configuration, allowing users with contributor-level access to delete, wipe, or modify that configuration, including the stored payment credentials.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (7.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-24.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 8th percentile — 7.9% 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/91c2d07f-0489-4b47-ac04-bc892d9fee5a/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-87981?: CVE-2026-87981 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Paymob For Woocommerce, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2026-09-23.
How severe is CVE-2026-87981?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.