CVE-2026-3461

critical

Description

The Visa Acceptance Solutions plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.0. This is due to the `express_pay_product_page_pay_for_order()` function logging users in based solely on a user-supplied billing email address during guest checkout for subscription products, without verifying email ownership, requiring a password, or validating a one-time token. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing user, including administrators, by providing the target user's email address in the billing_details parameter, resulting in complete account takeover and site compromise.

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8d3aea10-d7a0-44bd-94dc-3bad0d27dbd8?source=cve

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/visa-acceptance-solutions/trunk/public/class-visa-acceptance-payment-gateway-expresspay-public.php#L790

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/visa-acceptance-solutions/trunk/public/class-visa-acceptance-payment-gateway-expresspay-public.php#L777

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/visa-acceptance-solutions/tags/2.1.0/public/class-visa-acceptance-payment-gateway-expresspay-public.php#L790

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/visa-acceptance-solutions/tags/2.1.0/public/class-visa-acceptance-payment-gateway-expresspay-public.php#L777

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-04-15

Updated: 2026-04-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00169