Details
- Type
- Authentication Bypass
- Impact
- Privilege Escalation
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 3 November 2026
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
- Weakness
- CWE-287
Vendor fix
Update to a version later than 3.7.2 or the latest available version.
Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-120538
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-digital-downloads/tags/3.7.0/src/Gateways/PayPal/V3/PurchaseUser.php#L174
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-digital-downloads/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f4250328-6d6c-4eb1-9ef2-334774c1d337?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-digital-downloads/tags/3.7.0/includes/customers/customer-actions.php#L49
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-digital-downloads/tags/3.7.0/includes/gateways/paypal/checkout-actions.php#L681
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-digital-downloads/tags/3.7.0/includes/orders/functions/orders.php#L798
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-digital-downloads/tags/3.7.0/includes/user-functions.php#L428