CVE-2024-5861
WP Easy Pay (Free) <= 4.2.3 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Service Disconnection
The WP EasyPay – Square for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of datadue to a missing capability check on the wpep_square_disconnect() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to disconnect square.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
5.3
WP Easy Pay (Free) <= 4.2.3 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Service Disconnection
The WP EasyPay – Square for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of datadue to a missing capability check on the wpep_square_disconnect() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to disconnect square.
- Record
CVE-2024-5861- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-47004
5.3
The WP EasyPay – Square for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of datadue to a missing capability check on the wpep_square_disconnect() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to disconnect square.
- Record
EUVD-2024-47004- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j39v-xvqw-5q63
5.3
The WP EasyPay – Square for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized...
The WP EasyPay – Square for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of datadue to a missing capability check on the wpep_square_disconnect() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to disconnect square.
- Record
GHSA-j39v-xvqw-5q63- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
5.3
The WP EasyPay – Square for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of datadue to a missing capability check on the wpep_square_disconnect() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to disconnect square.
- Record
CVE-2024-5861- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-5861 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Wpeasypay Wp Easypay, published July 24, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, the 34th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/446d458e-8b42-434e-a190-0af37a7d3afb?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-easy-pay/trunk/modules/payments/square-authorization.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3106655%40wp-easy-pay&new=3106655%40wp-easy-pay&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3122946%40wp-easy-pay&new=3122946%40wp-easy-pay&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5861
github.com/advisories/GHSA-j39v-xvqw-5q63