WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Quick Event Manager 9.9.5 - 9.18 - Unauthenticated PayPal IPN Verification Bypass via the 'debug' Parameter

Description

The plugin does not verify the authenticity of PayPal payment notifications before marking event registrations as paid, which could allow unauthenticated attackers to mark registrations as paid without making a payment.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 9.19

References

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Original Researcher
Naoki Kawahigashi
Submitter
Naoki Kawahigashi
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-11-04 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-11-04 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-11-04 (about 1 day ago)

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