Payment Forms for Paystack < 4.0.6 - Contributor+ Sensitive Information Disclosure via Settings Page
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- How many real-world setups can hit the bug, from the vendor's advisory and CISA data. It does not know your setup.What do these mean? →
- Specific setups only
- Fix
- Fixed in 4.0.6
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
The Payment Forms for Paystack WordPress plugin is affected. Users with Contributor-level access or higher on the affected site can view the plugin's settings page and obtain the site owner's live and test Paystack secret API keys, which could give them full control over the owner's payment account.
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The Payment Forms for Paystack WordPress plugin before 4.0.6 does not properly restrict access to a page that displays its stored configuration, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to view secret payment-gateway API credentials, both the live and test secret keys, which grant full access to the site owner's payment account.
Timeline
- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
Affected versions
- Unknown Payment Forms for Paystack
fixed in 4.0.6
References 1
Questions about CVE-2026-110042
What does this mean?
Users with the WordPress Contributor role or higher can view the site's secret payment-gateway API keys, both live and test, on the plugin's settings page. Those keys grant full access to the site owner's payment account.Source: wpscan.com
Am I affected, and how do I check?
Payment Forms for Paystack versions before 4.0.6 are affected. To check, look at the plugin version shown on the Plugins page in WordPress admin.Source: wpscan.com
What should I do about it?
Update Payment Forms for Paystack to version 4.0.6 or later, which contains the fix.Source: wpscan.com
Is it being exploited?
It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data