CVE-2026-9832
CVE-2026-9832 — Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce <= 5.0.8 - Unauthenticated Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature via woocommerce_api_wt_stripe Webhook Endpoint
The Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.8. This is due to the publicly accessible `woocommerce_api_wt_stripe` webhook endpoint (`EH_Stripe_Webhook_Handler::handle()`) wrapping the only call to `\Stripe\Webhook::constructEvent()` inside an `if (!empty($endpoint_secret))` guard that is never entered on default installations — because the `eh_stripe_webhook_secret` option is empty after a fresh plugin install — causing the raw, attacker-controlled POST body to be decoded and processed as a fully trusted Stripe event without any signature verification, authentication, or authorization. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to send forged Stripe webhook events to manipulate WooCommerce order statuses, including marking unpaid orders as paid or completed via `payment_complete()`, forcing legitimate orders into a failed state, fabricating dispute notifications, and injecting forged refund events. This vulnerability is only exploitable when the Stripe webhook signing secret has not been configured by an administrator; once a valid signing secret is saved, `\Stripe\Webhook::constructEvent()` is enforced and forged requests are rejected.
Published Updated Sources: NVD, themehigh (CNA), GitHub, GitHub Security Advisory, SOCRadar CTI
Triage
Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.
Exploitation
Reported
not confirmed by CISA
EPSS
0%
ahead of 0% of scored CVEs
CVSS base
5.3
medium
Remediation
The vendor's own words where we have them.
Upgrade Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce to a fixed release. Apply vendor patches per advisory and restrict external exposure of the affected component until patched.
First 24 hours
Ordered from the record's own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found.
- Identify exposed assets running affected vendor/product/version combinations.
- Prioritize based on EPSS, PoC availability, and external exposure.
- Search available logs for exploit probes, errors, authentication anomalies, or suspicious child processes matching the vulnerability class.
Affected scope
Vendor, product and version as the advisories word them.
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| themehigh | Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce | 0 to <= 5.0.8 | Vulnerable |
Attack characteristics
The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.
Availability
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Vector
Network
Privileges Req
None
User Interaction
None
Every base score collected
Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.
| Score | Version | Severity | Expl. | Impact | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.3 | CVSS 3.1 | medium | 3.9 | 1.4 | NVD, themehigh (CNA), GHSA |
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
What this weakness leads to
MITRE's own consequences and mitigations for the weakness class — the authority's wording, not guidance derived from the CVSS vector.
CWE-347 · Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
- Gain Privileges or Assume Identity
- Modify Application Data
- Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands
Weakness & attack patterns
- CWE-347
Attack patterns reported against this CVE. The ATT&CK techniques below are inferred from its weakness class.
Public exploit
Capability, not use: code existing is a different claim from anyone running it.
Repositories
4
2 of the 4 sampled are weaponized
Detection
Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not rules we have tested.
- Prioritize edge telemetry for network-reachable Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce.
- Monitor for scanner or exploit-pattern traffic after 4 public PoC repositories were reported.
Timeline
What happened to this CVE, newest first — with the readings a source repeats on a schedule counted underneath rather than listed.
- 2026
Added · CVSS 3.1 5.3 (AV:N)
Sep 19, 2026 · NVD
Initial · CVE published
Sep 19, 2026 · NVD
Added · GHSA-7cxm-23jc-4x3x published (medium)
Sep 19, 2026 · GitHub Security Advisory
CVE published by MITRE.
Sep 19, 2026 · SOCRadar CTI
Reported · Disclosed
Sep 18, 2026 · themehigh
Source activity
Readings a source repeats on a schedule, counted rather than listed.
- 1×2 times mentioned on 1 Telegram channelsSep 19, 2026 · SOCRadar CTI
References
12 on the record
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-gateway-stripe-and-woocommerce-integration/tags/5.0.7/includes/class-eh-stripe-webhook-handler.php#L18
Vendor Advisory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-gateway-stripe-and-woocommerce-integration/tags/5.0.7/includes/class-eh-stripe-webhook-handler.php#L321
Vendor Advisory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-gateway-stripe-and-woocommerce-integration/tags/5.0.7/includes/class-eh-stripe-webhook-handler.php#L66
Vendor Advisory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-gateway-stripe-and-woocommerce-integration/tags/5.0.7/includes/class-eh-stripe-webhook-handler.php#L93
Vendor Advisory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-gateway-stripe-and-woocommerce-integration/tags/5.0.8/includes/class-eh-stripe-webhook-handler.php#L18
Vendor Advisory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-gateway-stripe-and-woocommerce-integration/tags/5.0.8/includes/class-eh-stripe-webhook-handler.php#L321
Vendor Advisory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-gateway-stripe-and-woocommerce-integration/tags/5.0.8/includes/class-eh-stripe-webhook-handler.php#L66
Vendor Advisory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/payment-gateway-stripe-and-woocommerce-integration/tags/5.0.8/includes/class-eh-stripe-webhook-handler.php#L93
Vendor Advisory
Elsewhere on this site
- themehighevery CVE for this vendor
- Unclassifiedsame class
- CWE-347other pages naming this weakness
Not in any source we poll
Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.
- No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
- No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
- No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.
Answered from this record1
What should defenders know first?
CVE-2026-9832 is Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce <= 5.0.8 - Unauthenticated Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature via woocommerce_api_wt_stripe Webhook Endpoint, a medium vulnerability affecting Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce from themehigh. The current evidence does not list it in CISA KEV, and the exploit status is: Exploitation is reported, but no independent confirmation is available in the sources we have. Public exploit evidence is: 4 public PoC repositories reported; 2 marked weaponized in current dataset. The affected-version evidence is listed in the key facts and affected products tables. Defenders should first verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run those versions, then apply vendor patches or mitigations, restrict reachable attack surface, and preserve logs for detection review. CVSS 5.3 describes technical severity, while EPSS 0% helps estimate near-term exploit likelihood; neither replaces asset context. Unknown fields should remain explicit in tickets, and threat actor, IOC, victimology, or payload claims should not be added unless a cited source supports them. Monitor CISA KEV, vendor advisories, NVD changes, public PoC repositories, and internal telemetry for update triggers.