# CVE-2026-27401: WordPress YITH PayPal Express Checkout for WooCommerce plugin \<= 1.62.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-112750, GHSA-7CV4-M3JX-XQQV
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-10-29 · Updated: 2026-10-29

## Summary

The YITH PayPal Express Checkout for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is affected by a broken access control flaw, which stems from missing authorization checks. An attacker could abuse this weakness to perform actions or access functionality that should be restricted to authorized users.

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## Affected

- yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce: through 1.62.0

## Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in YITH YITH PayPal Express Checkout for WooCommerce yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects YITH PayPal Express Checkout for WooCommerce: from n/a through 1.62.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce/vulnerability/wordpress-yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce-plugin-1-62-0-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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