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CVE-2024-12264: payuplugin payu commercepro plugin Improper Authentication

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalDeferred
Published 07-01-2025Last modified 08-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-12264 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Improper Authentication vulnerability in payuplugin payu commercepro plugin. EPSS estimates a 0.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.76%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 07-01-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The PayU CommercePro Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.3. This is due to /wp-json/payu/v1/generate-user-token and /wp-json/payu/v1/get-shipping-cost REST API endpoints not properly verifying a user's identity prior to setting the users ID and auth cookies. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create new administrative user accounts.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.76%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

55%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.02 pp

From 0.73% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.76%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Payuplugin1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • payu-india≤ 3.8.3 (fixed in 3.8.4)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

4 links