CVE-2026-16738

Published Aug 22, 2026

Last updated a day ago

CVSS medium 5.3

Overview

Description
The Conekta Payment Gateway WordPress plugin before 6.2.2 does not verify the authenticity of incoming payment gateway webhook notifications, nor bind the confirmed payment to the targeted order or verify its amount, allowing unauthenticated attackers to mark arbitrary orders as paid without payment.
Source
contact@wpscan.com
NVD status
Received

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
5.3
Impact score
1.4
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Severity
MEDIUM

Weaknesses

134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CWE-284

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

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References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.