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CVE-2026-56025 – Unauthenticated Broken Access Control – Paymob for WooCommerce ≤ 4.1.2

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Summary

CVE-2026-56025 is a high-severity Unauthenticated Broken Access Control vulnerability (CWE-862: Missing Authorization) in the Paymob for WooCommerce WordPress plugin, affecting all versions up to and including 4.1.2. Rated 7.5 (HIGH) under CVSS v3.1, the flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to bypass access controls and invoke privileged plugin functionality on affected WooCommerce stores without any credentials or user interaction. As of publication, no vendor-supplied patch is available.

Technical details

  • Root cause: A missing authorization, authentication, or nonce token check on a plugin function (CWE-862: Missing Authorization) allows unauthenticated requests to reach functionality that should be restricted to privileged users.
  • Trigger conditions: Any unauthenticated network request targeting the unprotected function is sufficient to trigger exploitation — no credentials, special configuration, or user interaction are required.
  • Attack vector: Network-accessible (AV:N), low attack complexity (AC:L), no privileges required (PR:N), no user interaction (UI:N), and no scope change (S:U).
  • Impact: High integrity impact (I:H) with no confidentiality or availability impact. In the context of a payment gateway plugin, exploitation of unauthorized privileged access can enable manipulation of payment-related functionality within the WooCommerce store.

Affected software

  • Paymob for WooCommerce (WordPress plugin) — all versions up to and including 4.1.2

Severity

  • CVSS v3.1 Base Score: 7.5 (HIGH)
  • Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Mitigation and recommended actions

  • No vendor patch is currently available for CVE-2026-56025 as of June 26, 2026.
  • Immediate action: Deactivate or remove the Paymob for WooCommerce plugin on all affected WooCommerce installations until the vendor releases a security update.
  • Network mitigation: Where possible, restrict external access to WordPress plugin endpoints and monitor for unexpected or unauthorized requests to payment-related routes.
  • Stay informed: Monitor the plugin’s WordPress.org page and official Paymob communications for the release of a patched version and apply it immediately upon availability.

IONIX Status

The IONIX research team is tracking ongoing exploitation attempts and recommends immediate patching. Potentially affected assets are outlined in this post.

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