CVE-2025-31022

WordPress PayU India plugin < 3.8.8 - Account Takeover vulnerability

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in PayU India PayU India allows Authentication Abuse. This issue affects PayU India: from n/a through 3.8.5.

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in PayU PayU India allows Authentication Abuse.This issue affects PayU India: from n/a before 3.8.8.

The PayU CommercePro Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.7. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying a user's identity through the update_cart_data() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as an administrator.

*Credits: Rafie Muhammad (Patchstack)

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Yes

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2025-03-26 CVE Reserved
2025-06-05 CVE Published
2025-07-04 EPSS Updated
2025-07-08 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-288: Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

CAPEC

CAPEC-114: Authentication Abuse

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source
https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/payu-india/vulnerability/wordpress-payu-india-plugin-3-8-5-account-takeover-vulnerability?_s_id=cve	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Payu India Search vendor "Payu India"		Payu India Search vendor "Payu India" for product "Payu India"				>= 0.0.0 <= 3.8.7 Search vendor "Payu India" for product "Payu India" and version " >= 0.0.0 <= 3.8.7"		en		Affected