Plugins · woocommerce-mercadopago · data as of 2026-11-04
Is Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 8.9.7
- Last updated
- 2026-10-22
- Active installs
- 100,000+
- Known issues on record
- 4
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.1.4 · PHP 7.4+
Offer to your clients the best experience in e-Commerce by using Mercado Pago as your payment method. — by Mercado Pago
What to do
- Update to the latest version (8.9.7). Anything older than 8.9.1 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 woocommerce-mercadopago --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update woocommerce-mercadopago updates it.
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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-2026-28180 · published 2026-08-06
Missing authorization check in Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce (8.9.0 and older)
- Affected
- 8.9.0 and older
- Fixed in
- 8.9.1
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Unauthenticated Insecure Direct Object References (IDOR) in Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce <= 8.9.0 versions.
medium 5.3 CVE-2026-3208 · published 2026-05-06
Missing authorization check in Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce (8.7.11 and older)
- Affected
- 8.7.11 and older
- Fixed in
- 8.7.12 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the 'mp_pix_image' WooCommerce API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 8.7.11. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve PIX payment QR code images for arbitrary orders. PIX QR codes contain sensitive merchant information including PIX keys (which may be CPF/CNPJ personal identifiers), transaction amounts, merchant name and city, and MercadoPago transaction references.
NVD CVE-2026-3208Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)Plugin source
medium 6.5 CVE-2024-3934 · published 2024-07-20
Path traversal / file read in Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce (7.3.0 to 7.6.1)
- Affected
- 7.3.0 to 7.6.1
- Fixed in
- 7.6.2 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in versions 7.3.0 to 7.5.1 via the mercadopagoDownloadLog function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to download and read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information. The arbitrary file download was patched in 7.5.1, while the missing authorization was corrected in version 7.6.2.
NVD CVE-2024-3934Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)Plugin source
high 8.8 CVE-2022-45068 · published 2023-03-01
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce (6.3.1 and older)
- Affected
- 6.3.1 and older
- Fixed in
- 6.4.0
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Mercado Pago Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce plugin <= 6.3.1.
Recent activity
- 2026-10-22 — latest release on wordpress.org (8.9.7).
- 2026-08-06 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2026-28180), fixed in 8.9.1.
- 2026-05-06 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2026-3208), fixed in 8.7.12.
- 2024-07-20 — Path traversal / file read disclosed (CVE-2024-3934), fixed in 7.6.2.
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Browse vulnerabilities
Types found in this plugin: Missing authorization (2) · Path traversal and file read (1) · Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) (1)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-mercadopago (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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