What is CVE-2026-96173?

CVE-2026-96173 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Payments For Hubtel, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-10-01.

How severe is CVE-2026-96173?

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

Auth bypass in Payments For Hubtel

CVE-2026-96173

The Payments for Hubtel WordPress plugin before 1.0.2 does not verify that the requester is authorized to view an order before redirecting a public payment-callback request, allowing unauthenticated attackers to obtain the order key of an arbitrary order and view its contents.

Vulnerability class: IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

Published 2026-10-01 · last modified 2026-10-01.

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:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Payments For Hubtel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-639 — Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/fcaa1526-0cf4-4356-9cf8-bc2dc3ed33b8/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-96173?: CVE-2026-96173 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Payments For Hubtel, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-10-01.
How severe is CVE-2026-96173?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.