Vulnerability · Published Nov 22, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-12752Subscriptions & Memberships for PayPal <= 1.1.7 - Unauthenticated Fake Payment Creation
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity insufficient verification of data authenticity in Subscriptions & Memberships for PayPal from scottpaterson. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 8% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Subscriptions & Memberships for PayPal plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to fake payment creation in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.7. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying the authenticity of an IPN request. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create fake payment entries that have not actually occurred.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| scottpaterson | Subscriptions & Memberships for PayPal | 0 – through 1.1.7 |
Weakness: CWE-345 · 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/8f706b78-2d67-442c-b7a0-7d7a0fd24b2d?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/subscriptions-memberships-for-paypal/trunk/includes/public_ipn.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3397608%40subscriptions-memberships-for-paypal&new=3397608%40subscriptions-memberships-for-paypal&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=