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CVE-2026-12493NVD status: Deferred

Clover Payment Gateway by Zaytech for…: Improper Authentication

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CVE-2026-12493 is a high-severity improper authentication vulnerability in Clover Payment Gateway by Zaytech for WooCommerce, with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 out of 10. It can be exploited remotely over the network by an unauthenticated attacker, without any action from a user. The record lists version 1.3.6 as the first without the flaw, so updating Clover Payment Gateway by Zaytech for WooCommerce to that release or later removes the exposure. There is no confirmed exploitation so far. EPSS estimates a 0.36% chance of exploitation within 30 days, which is low compared with other CVEs.

Next patch cycle

High severity with no evidence of exploitation so far.

What to do

  1. Update Clover Payment Gateway by Zaytech for WooCommerce to 1.3.6 or a later version.
  2. Until you can update, restrict network access to the affected service so it is not reachable from untrusted networks.

Affected products and versions

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed in
Clover Payment Gateway by Zaytech for WooCommerceClover Payment Gateway by Zaytech for WooCommercebefore 1.3.61.3.6

Version data comes from the organisation that assigned the CVE. Confirm against the vendor advisory before deciding you are unaffected.

How the severity score breaks down

Attack vector
NetworkCan be exploited remotely over a network, including the internet.
Attack complexity
LowNo special conditions are needed; the attack works reliably.
Privileges required
NoneNo account or login is needed.
User interaction
NoneNo action by a victim is required.
Scope
UnchangedImpact stays within the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality
NoneNo data is disclosed.
Integrity
HighData or code can be modified at will.
Availability
NoneAvailability is not affected.

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N. Scored by CISA (ADP).

Official description

The Clover Payment Gateway by Zaytech for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 1.3.6 does not verify that an approved external payment record actually belongs to the WooCommerce order being completed, nor that the paid amount matches the order total, allowing unauthenticated users to mark arbitrary orders as paid by replaying a single genuinely-approved payment reference (for example one obtained from their own minimal purchase).

Source: the CVE record as published by its numbering authority, via NVD and CVE.org.

The underlying weakness: Improper Authentication

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

How developers prevent this class of flaw

  • Use an authentication framework or library such as the OWASP ESAPI Authentication feature.

More Improper Authentication vulnerabilities (CWE-287)

Timeline

  1. CVE record published.
  2. CISA published its SSVC assessment (exploitation: poc, automatable: yes, technical impact: partial).

References

Recent Improper Authentication vulnerabilities

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