Missing AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-862

CVE-2025-68016

MEDIUM · 6.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-01-22
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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74/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Onepay Sri Lanka onepay Payment Gateway For WooCommerce onepay-payment-gateway-for-woocommerce allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects onepay Payment Gateway For WooCommerce: from n/a through <= 1.1.2.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

The Onepay Payment Gateway for WooCommerce plugin versions up to 1.1.2 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels. This broken access control likely enables unauthenticated or lower-privileged users to access functionality that should be restricted to administrators or authorized personnel.

MitigationUpdate the plugin to the latest version once available and audit all endpoints to implement proper WordPress capability checks (using current_user_can() and nonces) for all sensitive operations.

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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Verify Onepay Payment Gateway plugin is installed
    In WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'Onepay Payment Gateway for WooCommerce' in the list. Note the version number displayed.
    Affected if The plugin is installed and the version is 1.1.2 or lower
  2. Confirm plugin is active
    In the Plugins screen, verify the plugin shows as 'Active' rather than 'Inactive' or 'Must-Use'. Only an active plugin can be exploited.
    Affected if Plugin is installed and currently active
  3. Check for exposed admin endpoints
    Inspect the plugin directory (typically wp-content/plugins/onepay-payment-gateway-for-woocommerce/) for PHP files containing admin or settings functionality. Look for action hooks (add_action) and pages created with add_menu_page or add_submenu_page that may lack current_user_can() checks.
    Affected if The plugin creates admin pages or AJAX endpoints that can be accessed without proper WordPress capability verification
  4. Test for unauthenticated access to sensitive functions
    If the plugin exposes AJAX handlers (wp_ajax_ or wp_ajax_nopriv_ hooks), examine whether these handlers verify user permissions using current_user_can() or similar capability checks before performing sensitive operations.
    Affected if AJAX or other endpoints respond to unauthenticated or low-privileged users without capability verification

A user is affected if the Onepay Payment Gateway for WooCommerce plugin is installed, active, and running version 1.1.2 or earlier with admin pages or AJAX endpoints that lack proper WordPress capability checks.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Update the plugin to the latest version once available and audit all endpoints to implement proper WordPress capability checks (using current_user_can() and nonces) for all sensitive operations.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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