CVE-2026-12501

WP Travel Engine < 6.8.2 - Unauthenticated Payment Bypass via Missing PayPal IPN Receiver and Amount Verification

Published Aug 6, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The WP Travel Engine WordPress plugin before 6.8.2 does not verify that an incoming PayPal payment notification was sent to the site's configured merchant account, nor that the paid amount matches the order total, before marking a booking as paid, allowing unauthenticated attackers to mark bookings as fully paid using a token payment made to an attacker-controlled account.

Remediation

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History
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First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions wp Travel Engine
Vendors & Products Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions wp Travel Engine
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Weaknesses CWE-20
CWE-285
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Weaknesses CWE-345
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-20
CWE-285
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The WP Travel Engine WordPress plugin before 6.8.2 does not verify that an incoming PayPal payment notification was sent to the site's configured merchant account, nor that the paid amount matches the order total, before marking a booking as paid, allowing unauthenticated attackers to mark bookings as fully paid using a token payment made to an attacker-controlled account.
Title WP Travel Engine < 6.8.2 - Unauthenticated Payment Bypass via Missing PayPal IPN Receiver and Amount Verification
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2026, 2:08 PM
Reserved
Jun 17, 2026, 9:10 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Aug 6, 2026, 10:16 PM
Modified
Aug 26, 2026, 4:31 PM