Vulnerability · Published Aug 10, 2026 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2026-17012Restore PayPal Standard for WooCommerce <= 3.1.0 - Payment Bypass via Unvalidated receiver_email

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity improper access control in Accept PayPal & Stripe with Subscriptions for WooCommerce from Unknown. 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 22% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 77.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Accept PayPal & Stripe with Subscriptions for WooCommerce WordPress plugin through 3.1.0 does not verify that the PayPal account which received a payment matches the merchant's configured account before marking the order as paid, allowing unauthenticated buyers to complete a WooCommerce order by paying the full amount to their own PayPal account instead of the merchant's.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	Accept PayPal & Stripe with Subscriptions for WooCommerce	0 – through 3.1.0

Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/01cc2578-8bf8-4889-9e21-7b78cae074d7/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description