WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
PayHere Payment Gateway 2.4.0 - 2.4.5 - Unauthenticated Payment Bypass via Unverified Payment Notification
Description
The plugin does not verify the authenticity of payment notifications when the merchant secret is unset, which is the default state, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge a payment confirmation and mark any order as paid without payment.
Proof of Concept
Affects Plugins
No known fix References
CVE
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Naoki Kawahigashi
Submitter
Naoki Kawahigashi
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-10-29 (about 3 days ago)
Added
2026-10-22 (about 10 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-10-22 (about 10 days ago)
