CVE-2026-27401 PUBLISHED

WordPress YITH PayPal Express Checkout for WooCommerce plugin <= 1.62.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Assigner: Patchstack
Reserved: 19.02.2026 Published: 29.10.2026 Updated: 29.10.2026

Missing Authorization vulnerability in YITH YITH PayPal Express Checkout for WooCommerce yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects YITH PayPal Express Checkout for WooCommerce: from n/a through 1.62.0.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 5.3

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	None
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	Low
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	YITH
Product	YITH PayPal Express Checkout for WooCommerce
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 1.62.0 (incl.)

Solutions

Update the WordPress YITH PayPal Express Checkout for WooCommerce plugin to the latest available version (at least 1.62.1).

Credits

Luke Schneider | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program finder

References

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce/vulnerability/wordpress-yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce-plugin-1-62-0-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Problem Types

Missing Authorization CWE

Impacts

Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels