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CVE-2026-9189

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS 3.1
Description
The Contact Form 7 – PayPal & Stripe Add-on plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Payment Bypass via Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.9. Although `cf7pp_paypal_ipn_handler()` correctly validates IPN authenticity by posting back to PayPal with `cmd=_notify-validate`, it fails to compare the IPN payload's `mc_gross` (payment amount), `mc_currency`, or `receiver_email` fields against the corresponding stored order values before passing the attacker-controlled `invoice` field directly to `cf7pp_complete_payment()`, which marks the order completed after only an integer cast with no amount verification. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to mark arbitrary high-value pending orders as fully paid by making a minimal real PayPal payment and crafting an IPN whose `invoice` parameter references the targeted order, effectively completing purchases without tendering the required payment amount.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-9189
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Wordfence
Reserved
2026-05-21 15:06 UTC
Published
2026-05-29 08:28 UTC
Last updated
2026-05-29 10:04 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-345
CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
Vendor / Product
scottpaterson / Contact Form 7 – PayPal & Stripe Add-on
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

5.3 MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
SSVC — CISA Coordinator
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Tech. Impact
partial
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
scottpaterson Contact Form 7 – PayPal & Stripe Add-on 0 ≤ 2.4.9
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-345 cna CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
5.3 MEDIUM 3.1 cna CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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