CVE-2026-129144

paicoding 1.0.3 Payment Bypass via Guessable Codes in /article/api/pay/callback

Published Nov 13, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 5.3 Medium EPSS n/a KEV · Not listed

Description

paicoding 1.0.3 contains a payment bypass vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to unlock paid articles by guessing weak payment confirmation codes. Attackers can start a payment, enumerate roughly 2000 IdUtil.genPayCode counter values, and submit the matching verifyCode to the unauthenticated callback to mark it paid.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

itwanger

paicoding

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.0.3`	affected	—

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

Advisories

No advisories available

Metrics

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/itwanger/paicoding/blob/903adce70309d340f7eec51ec3c80cfe3c8326c1/paicoding-core/src/main/java/com/github/paicoding/forum/core/util/id/IdUtil.java#L54-L61
https://github.com/itwanger/paicoding/blob/903adce70309d340f7eec51ec3c80cfe3c8326c1/paicoding-web/src/main/java/com/github/paicoding/forum/web/front/article/rest/ArticlePayRestController.java#L79-L90
https://github.com/itwanger/paicoding/issues/137
https://vul.yulun.ac.cn/20261112/paicoding/
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/paicoding-1.0.3-payment-bypass-via-guessable-codes-in-article-api-pay-callback

History

Nov 13, 2026 5:30 PM Description updated. Title updated. First appearance in the feed. Weaknesses updated. Affected versions updated. Affected vendors updated. Added references. Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		paicoding 1.0.3 contains a payment bypass vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to unlock paid articles by guessing weak payment confirmation codes. Attackers can start a payment, enumerate roughly 2000 IdUtil.genPayCode counter values, and submit the matching verifyCode to the unauthenticated callback to mark it paid.
Title		paicoding 1.0.3 Payment Bypass via Guessable Codes in /article/api/pay/callback
First Time appeared		Itwanger Itwanger paicoding
Weaknesses		CWE-334
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:itwanger:paicoding:1.0.3:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Itwanger Itwanger paicoding
References		https://github.com/itwanger/paicoding/blob/903adce70309d340f7eec51ec3c80cfe3c8326c1/paicoding-core/src/main/java/com/github/paicoding/forum/core/util/id/IdUtil.java#L54-L61 https://github.com/itwanger/paicoding/blob/903adce70309d340f7eec51ec3c80cfe3c8326c1/paicoding-web/src/main/java/com/github/paicoding/forum/web/front/article/rest/ArticlePayRestController.java#L79-L90 https://github.com/itwanger/paicoding/issues/137 https://vul.yulun.ac.cn/20261112/paicoding/ https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/paicoding-1.0.3-payment-bypass-via-guessable-codes-in-article-api-pay-callback
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}` cvssV4_0 `{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}`