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CVE-2026-81739

The Paytm Payment Gateway WordPress plugin before 2.8.9 does not sanitize and escape data it stores…

Risk score
52/100
CVSS
7.5 v3.1
Exploit chance (30 days)
0.2%
Published
1 Oct 2026

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What to know

What it is
The Paytm Payment Gateway WordPress plugin before 2.8.9 does not sanitize and escape data it stores from payment callbacks before outputting it in an admin page, and the integrity check on those callbacks can be forged when the gateway is enabled without credentials, allowing unauthenticated users to store scripts tha…
Affected
See advisory
Fix
Upgrade the product to 2.8.9 or later.
Exploitation
No known exploitation

Why it is Yellow

  • CVSS 7.5 high
  • Remotely exploitable without logging in

References

Original description

The Paytm Payment Gateway WordPress plugin before 2.8.9 does not sanitize and escape data it stores from payment callbacks before outputting it in an admin page, and the integrity check on those callbacks can be forged when the gateway is enabled without credentials, allowing unauthenticated users to store scripts that will run in the session of a store administrator.

Last activity 1 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.