Plugins · woo-paypal-gateway · data as of 2026-11-04
Is Payment Gateway for PayPal on WooCommerce safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 9.3.2
- Last updated
- 2026-10-28
- Active installs
- 10,000+
- Known issues on record
- 4
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.1.4 · PHP 7.4+
PayPal, Credit/Debit Cards, Google Pay, Apple Pay, Pay Later, Venmo, SEPA, iDEAL, Mercado Pago, Bancontact & more - by an official PayPal Partner — by Easy Payment
What to do
- Update to the latest version (9.3.2). Anything older than 9.2.1 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.
With WP-CLI: wp plugin get woo-paypal-gateway --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update woo-paypal-gateway updates it.
Check your version
Known vulnerabilities
4 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
medium 5.3 CVE-2026-92400 · published 2026-09-21
Security issue in Payment Gateway for PayPal on WooCommerce (older than 9.2.1)
- Affected
- older than 9.2.1
- Fixed in
- 9.2.1
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by WPScan
Details from the advisory
The Payment Gateway for PayPal on WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 9.2.1 does not verify that an incoming payment notification was confirmed in the store's configured payment environment or paid to the store's own merchant account before marking an order complete, allowing unauthenticated users to mark their own orders as paid using a genuine transaction from a payment sandbox they control.
medium 5.3 CVE-2026-16621 · published 2026-08-12
Security issue in Payment Gateway for PayPal on WooCommerce (older than 9.2.1)
- Affected
- older than 9.2.1
- Fixed in
- 9.2.1
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by WPScan
Details from the advisory
The Payment Gateway for PayPal on WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 9.2.1 does not verify that payment actually succeeded before completing an order in its PayPal return handler: it reads attacker-controlled parameters, performs no amount comparison and no order-ownership check, and completes the order even when the server-side gateway verification fails, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to mark arbitrary orders as paid without paying.
high 7.5 CVE-2026-59547 · published 2026-07-23
Missing authorization check in Payment Gateway for PayPal on WooCommerce (9.1.4 and older)
- Affected
- 9.1.4 and older
- Fixed in
- 9.1.5
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Unauthenticated Broken Access Control in Payment Gateway for PayPal on WooCommerce <= 9.1.4 versions.
medium 5.3 CVE-2025-63023 · published 2025-12-09
Missing authorization check in Payment Gateway for PayPal on WooCommerce (9.0.53 and older)
- Affected
- 9.0.53 and older
- Fixed in
- 9.0.54
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Easy Payment Payment Gateway for PayPal on WooCommerce woo-paypal-gateway allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Payment Gateway for PayPal on WooCommerce: from n/a through <= 9.0.53.
Recent activity
- 2026-10-28 — latest release on wordpress.org (9.3.2).
- 2026-09-21 — Security issue disclosed (CVE-2026-92400), fixed in 9.2.1.
- 2026-08-12 — Security issue disclosed (CVE-2026-16621), fixed in 9.2.1.
- 2026-07-23 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2026-59547), fixed in 9.1.5.
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Browse vulnerabilities
Types found in this plugin: Missing authorization (2)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/woo-paypal-gateway (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.
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