Vulnerability · Published Nov 6, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-11271Easy Digital Download <= 3.5.2 - Insufficient Verification to Order Manipulation
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy from smub. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 25% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Easy Digital Downloads plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Order Manipulation in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.2 due to an order verification bypass. The verification is unconditionally skipped when the POST body includes verification_override=1. Because this value is attacker-supplied, an unauthenticated actor can submit a forged IPN and have it treated as verified, even on production sites and with verification otherwise enabled. A valid PayPal transaction id is needed, restricting order manipulation to orders placed by the attacker. This, in turn, requires them to have a customer account.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| smub | Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy | 0 – through 3.5.2 |
Weakness: CWE-807 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4c63154e-9413-47ea-a740-441618266adf?source=cve
- https://github.com/awesomemotive/easy-digital-downloads/blob/main/includes/gateways/paypal/ipn.php
- https://github.com/awesomemotive/easy-digital-downloads/blob/main/src/Gateways/PayPal/IPN.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3382964%40easy-digital-downloads%2Ftrunk&old=3364285%40easy-digital-downloads%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=