# CVE-2026-9284: WooCommerce PayPal Payments missing authorization in AJAX endpoints

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-9284-woocommerce-paypal-payments-missing-authorization-in-ajax  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-05-23. Updated: 2026-05-26  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-9284 · Severity: high · CVSS 8.2 · Published 2026-05-23

The WooCommerce PayPal Payments plugin for WordPress, which handles payment processing for online stores, contains a security flaw that allows unauthorized individuals to access and manipulate customer orders. An attacker can view sensitive information such as customer names and shipping addresses, and potentially interfere with the payment process for existing orders. This could lead to data breaches and operational disruptions for e-commerce businesses using this plugin.

Vendors: [WooCommerce](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/woocommerce).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-9284 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-9284 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-9284?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.2, published 23 May 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** WooCommerce PayPal Payments Up to and including 4.0.1.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-9284?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**How is CVE-2026-9284 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a software library.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-9284?** Check whether you run WooCommerce PayPal Payments 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 vulnerability stems from missing authorization checks on the `ppc-create-order` and `ppc-get-order` WC-AJAX endpoints. The `ppc-create-order` endpoint allows an unauthenticated attacker to provide an arbitrary WooCommerce order ID and create a corresponding PayPal order without verifying ownership, which writes PayPal metadata to the original order. By chaining this with the `ppc-get-order` endpoint—which returns full PayPal order details for any ID without session binding—an attacker can exfiltrate sensitive PII including payer information and shipping data. This is classified as a Missing Authorization (CWE-862) issue and affects all versions up to and including 4.0.1.

## Affected products

- WooCommerce WooCommerce PayPal Payments Up to and including 4.0.1

## Timeline

- 2026-05-23: disclosed: Initial publication of the CVE record
- 2026-05-23: advisory: Wordfence published detailed vulnerability information

## References

- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woocommerce-paypal-payments/tags/3.3.2/modules/ppcp-button/src/Endpoint/CreateOrderEndpoint.php](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woocommerce-paypal-payments/tags/3.3.2/modules/ppcp-button/src/Endpoint/CreateOrderEndpoint.php)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woocommerce-paypal-payments/tags/3.3.2/modules/ppcp-button/src/Endpoint/GetOrderEndpoint.php](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woocommerce-paypal-payments/tags/3.3.2/modules/ppcp-button/src/Endpoint/GetOrderEndpoint.php)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woocommerce-paypal-payments/trunk/modules/ppcp-button/src/Endpoint/CreateOrderEndpoint.php](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woocommerce-paypal-payments/trunk/modules/ppcp-button/src/Endpoint/CreateOrderEndpoint.php)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woocommerce-paypal-payments/trunk/modules/ppcp-button/src/Endpoint/GetOrderEndpoint.php](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woocommerce-paypal-payments/trunk/modules/ppcp-button/src/Endpoint/GetOrderEndpoint.php)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3497597%40woocommerce-paypal-payments&new=3497597%40woocommerce-paypal-payments&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3497597%40woocommerce-paypal-payments&new=3497597%40woocommerce-paypal-payments&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=)
- [https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d5fa3282-b3be-4ea1-9865-011dea828a25?source=cve](https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d5fa3282-b3be-4ea1-9865-011dea828a25?source=cve)

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