Vulnerability · Published Sep 13, 2026 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2026-81648CryptoPayment Gateway 1.2.1 - 1.2.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion and Settings Update via Unguarded AJAX Router

Critical 10.0

In plain English

A critical-severity missing authorization in CryptoPayment Gateway from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 43% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)10.0Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 56.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

The CryptoPayment Gateway WordPress plugin from 1.2.1 to 1.2.2 does not apply an authorization check on one of its AJAX endpoints, allowing unauthenticated users to invoke administrative operations, including deleting arbitrary files on the server, overwriting the payment gateway configuration and recovering stored wallet credentials in cleartext.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	CryptoPayment Gateway	1.2.1 – through 1.2.2

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9b1490a0-1381-4d22-8086-f75aade4e898/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description