CVE-2026-12738
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Authorization Bypass in WP Easy Pay WordPress Plugin

Publication date: 2026-07-11

Last updated on: 2026-07-11

Assigner: Wordfence

Description
The WP Easy Pay – Payment and Donation form Builder for Square plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.0. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to set the status of arbitrary posts and pages to 'draft', effectively unpublishing arbitrary site content.

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Published
2026-07-11
Last Modified
2026-07-11
Generated
2026-07-11
AI Q&A
2026-07-11
EPSS Evaluated
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NVD
CVE-2026-12738
EUVD
EUVD-2026-43151

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Vendor Product Version / Range
wp_easy_pay wp_easy_pay to 4.5.0 (inc)

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Exploitability

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CWE ID Description
CWE-862 The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

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Executive Summary

The WP Easy Pay – Payment and Donation form Builder for Square plugin for WordPress has an authorization bypass vulnerability in all versions up to and including 4.5.0.

This vulnerability occurs because the plugin does not properly verify whether a user is authorized to perform certain actions.

As a result, authenticated users with subscriber-level access or higher can change the status of arbitrary posts and pages to 'draft', effectively unpublishing site content without proper permission.

Impact Analysis

This vulnerability allows attackers with low-level authenticated access to unpublish any post or page on the affected WordPress site.

This can disrupt the availability of website content, potentially causing loss of important information or services to legitimate users.

It may also damage the reputation of the website owner due to unexpected content disappearance.

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