CVE-2026-3461
What it is
The Visa Acceptance Solutions plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.0. This is due to the `express_pay_product_page_pay_for_order()` function logging users in based solely on a user-supplied billing email address during guest checkout for subscription products, without verifying email ownership, requiring a password, or validating a one-time token. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing user, including administrators, by providing the target user's email address in the billing_details parameter, resulting in complete account takeover and site compromise.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- ReservedThe CVE id was reserved by its CNA
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.5% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 9.8 CRITICAL (CVSS).
- Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.5% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-288
- Record status
- Deferred
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 9.8
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Is it in your code?
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References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/visa-acceptance-solutions/tags/2.1.0/public/class-visa-acceptance-payment-gateway-expresspay-public.php#L777
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/visa-acceptance-solutions/tags/2.1.0/public/class-visa-acceptance-payment-gateway-expresspay-public.php#L790
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/visa-acceptance-solutions/trunk/public/class-visa-acceptance-payment-gateway-expresspay-public.php#L777
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/visa-acceptance-solutions/trunk/public/class-visa-acceptance-payment-gateway-expresspay-public.php#L790
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8d3aea10-d7a0-44bd-94dc-3bad0d27dbd8?source=cve