Description
The WP Travel Engine WordPress plugin before 6.8.2 does not verify that an incoming PayPal payment notification was sent to the site's configured merchant account, nor that the paid amount matches the order total, before marking a booking as paid, allowing unauthenticated attackers to mark bookings as fully paid using a token payment made to an attacker-controlled account.
Published: 2026-08-06
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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History

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 23:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-20
CWE-285

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:15:00 +0000

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Description The WP Travel Engine WordPress plugin before 6.8.2 does not verify that an incoming PayPal payment notification was sent to the site's configured merchant account, nor that the paid amount matches the order total, before marking a booking as paid, allowing unauthenticated attackers to mark bookings as fully paid using a token payment made to an attacker-controlled account.
Title WP Travel Engine < 6.8.2 - Unauthenticated Payment Bypass via Missing PayPal IPN Receiver and Amount Verification
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-06T17:00:56.189Z

Reserved: 2026-06-17T09:10:27.490Z

Link: CVE-2026-12501

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Updated: 2026-08-06T23:30:05Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-20

    Improper Input Validation

  • CWE-285

    Improper Authorization