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Unknown WP Travel Engine — WP Travel Engine < 6.8.2 - Unauthenticated Payment Bypass via Missing PayPal IPN Receiver and Amount Verification
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N L N N U N L N 5.3 .0016 5.3 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
WP Travel Engine unspecified —
TIMELINE
Jun 17 Reserved by WPScan
Aug 6 Published (CNA: WPScan)
Aug 7 EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-12501 (Unknown WP Travel Engine). Public exploit reference added.
Description
The WP Travel Engine WordPress plugin before 6.8.2 does not verify that an incoming PayPal payment notification was sent to the site's configured merchant account, nor that the paid amount matches the order total, before marking a booking as paid, allowing unauthenticated attackers to mark bookings as fully paid using a token payment made to an attacker-controlled account.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|
| June 17, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by WPScan |
| August 6, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: WPScan) |
| August 7, 2026 | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-12501 (Unknown WP Travel Engine). Public exploit reference added. |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 1 row
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
|---|
| Unknown | WP Travel Engine | — | — | — |
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