CVE-2026-32834 PUBLISHED

Easy PayPal Events & Tickets 1.3 Authentication Bypass via QR Code Scanning

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 16.03.2026 Published: 04.05.2026 Updated: 04.05.2026

Easy PayPal Events & Tickets plugin for WordPress version 1.3 and earlier contain a hardcoded authentication bypass vulnerability in the QR code scanning functionality that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to bypass hash verification by supplying 'test' as the hash parameter. Attackers can access the vulnerable endpoint via the add_wpeevent_button_qr action to retrieve sensitive order details including PayPal transaction IDs, customer email addresses, purchase amounts, and ticket information for any order with a known or guessed post ID. This plugin was officially closed as of 2026-03-18.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.7

Product Status

Vendor Scott Paterson
Product easy-paypal-events-tickets
Versions Default: affected
  • affected from 0 to 1.3 (incl.)

Credits

  • 4lec4st finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials CWE