WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

WP Travel < 11.8.1 - Unauthenticated Payment Bypass via Forged PayPal IPN

Description

The plugin does not verify PayPal Instant Payment Notifications through the PayPal post-back handshake before marking a booking paid, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge a notification that flips an arbitrary pending booking to a paid and booked state at an attacker-chosen amount.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 11.8.1

References

Classification

Type
SPOOFING
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Revanth Hari Narayana Matte
Submitter
Revanth Hari Narayana Matte
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-07-13 (about 13 days ago)
Added
2026-07-13 (about 13 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-07-13 (about 13 days ago)

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