WooPayments <= 10.5.1 — Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Plugin Settings Update via save_upe_appearance_ajax
CVE-2026-1710Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤10.5.1Update to 10.6.0 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium6.5
- CVSS
- 6.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:LWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:LAvailability- Low
- Weakness
- CWE-285 Improper Authorization
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments woocommerce-payments
- Affected≤ 10.5.1
- Patched in10.6.0
Update to 10.6.0 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 10.5.1. Version 10.6.0 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 10.6.0, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Dmitrii Ignatyev.
The WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'save_upe_appearance_ajax' function in all versions up to, and including, 10.5.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update plugin settings.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments
All 7| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Insecure Direct Object Reference ≤6.6.2Update to 6.7.0 | CVE-2023-51503 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤6.4.2Update to 6.5.0 | CVE-2023-49828 | |
| Medium6.6 | Authenticated (Shop manager+) SQL Injection via currency parameters ≤5.9.0Update to 5.9.1 | CVE-2023-35915 | |
| Medium6.5 | Missing Authorization via redirect_pay_for_order_to_update_payment_method ≤5.9.0Update to 5.9.1 | CVE-2023-35916 | |
| Critical9.8 | 5.6.1 Authentication Bypass and Privilege Escalation 4.8.0 – 5.6.1Update to 5.6.2 | CVE-2023-28121 |
- Medium5.3Unauthenticated Insecure Direct Object Reference
≤6.6.2Update to 6.7.0
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤6.4.2Update to 6.5.0
- Medium6.6Authenticated (Shop manager+) SQL Injection via currency parameters
≤5.9.0Update to 5.9.1
- Medium6.5Missing Authorization via redirect_pay_for_order_to_update_payment_method
≤5.9.0Update to 5.9.1
- Critical9.85.6.1 Authentication Bypass and Privilege Escalation
4.8.0 – 5.6.1Update to 5.6.2
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 6.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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