CVE-2026-4986
WPForms Lite < 1.10.0.5 – Unauthenticated PayPal Webhook Forgery
The WPForms WordPress plugin before 1.10.0.5 does not verify the authenticity of incoming PayPal webhook events before processing them, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge webhook payloads and manipulate the payment state of arbitrary transactions.
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
WPForms Lite < 1.10.0.5 – Unauthenticated PayPal Webhook Forgery
The WPForms WordPress plugin before 1.10.0.5 does not verify the authenticity of incoming PayPal webhook events before processing them, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge webhook payloads and manipulate the payment state of arbitrary transactions.
- Record
CVE-2026-4986- 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-2026-35351
The WPForms WordPress plugin before 1.10.0.5 does not verify the authenticity of incoming PayPal webhook events before processing them, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge webhook payloads and manipulate the payment state of arbitrary transactions.
- Record
EUVD-2026-35351- 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-xjpm-62p5-jw4j
The WPForms WordPress plugin before 1.10.0.5 does not verify the authenticity of incoming PayPal...
The WPForms WordPress plugin before 1.10.0.5 does not verify the authenticity of incoming PayPal webhook events before processing them, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge webhook payloads and manipulate the payment state of arbitrary transactions.
- Record
GHSA-xjpm-62p5-jw4j- 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
The WPForms WordPress plugin before 1.10.0.5 does not verify the authenticity of incoming PayPal webhook events before processing them, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge webhook payloads and manipulate the payment state of arbitrary transactions.
- Record
CVE-2026-4986- 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
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-2026-4986 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Syed Balkhi Wpforms, published June 9, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.20%, the 10th percentile. No source names a fixed version.