WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments: A security weakness
WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments is affected by a security weakness. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation. The published affected range is <= 10.5.1.
- Component
- WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments
- Plugin slug
woocommerce-payments- Affected
- <= 10.5.1
- Safe version
> 10.5.1- Published
- Mar 31, 2026
- Weakness
- CWE-285 — Improper Authorization
This CVE was published Mar 31, 2026 and is one of 6 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments to a release after 10.5.1, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
A safe version is available, so updating to that version or later is the preferred remediation. If an immediate update is not practical, consider a targeted application patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
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.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L