Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-87979 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-87979 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-87979?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.3, published 23 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Paymob for WooCommerce before 4.1.14.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-87979?
- A patch was published on 2026-09-23: version 4.1.14 Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-87979 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-87979?
- Check whether you run Paymob for WooCommerce at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The plugin's payment webhook at the card-token branch lacks request signature validation, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge webhook requests via a network-based attack. This broken access control flaw allows arbitrary card tokens to be written to any user account and enables user enumeration. The vulnerability is fixed in version 4.1.14 and later.
Affected products
- Paymob Paymob for WooCommerce before 4.1.14
Timeline
- 2026-09-23: disclosed
- 2026-09-23: patched: version 4.1.14